Can existing storage casks be transported and then used again for continuing storage?

Well, so you could open these spent fuel pools that are underground?

California has the ability to set its own vehicle emissions standards.

I want to just point out that our nuclear waste bill, which we still need to introduce in this new session, is all voluntary.

It's my understanding that you furnished an environmental impact statement, finding that long-term radioactive risk to groundwater would not exceed environmental standards over the next million years.

And I've always felt that's the way the Senate should function.

And what is that framework that can provide it for a thousand years? That's not the longest time, that's a relatively short time.

It's a program that I support. It's a program that I believe has worked well.

It's been 24 years we've been doing this.

I want to do everything I can to see that this decommissioning is without a hitch.

I mean, something like that, based on what I know, I sure don't think that's safety, or safe.

Yes, because my understanding is that you have to have, to be cost--to be economic, you're going to have to group five of them together.

Yes. We've got to do something.

Because of the privacy concerns, it's my belief there should be a sunset.

I understand at least two companies are pursuing the licensing of spent fuel storage facilities, capable of taking fuel from commercial reactors.

Well, maybe take this, and if you could, make your findings available to us.

This industry has got to work with us to solve these problems.

I understand they are moving ahead with expanding their dry spent fuel storage area, and their plans include demolishing the reactor buildings on an expedited timeframe, potentially concluding work in 2027.

Okay. In 2014 you issued a rule on the environmental effects of continued spent fuel storage at nuclear plants. This concerns me greatly.

Let me just tell you, I just listened to somebody who should have known better talking about unmasking in a political sense.

California's historic 5-year drought killed over 102 million trees across the State, and the impacts will continue to be felt for years to come.

Won't this surge in shutdowns necessitate more staff to oversee utilities' decommissioning?

Would you confirm that the NRC will continue to inspect the site and oversee the decommissioning program to ensure safety?

What are the biggest risks, in your view, to completing the decommissioning process in a safe and timely manner?

I, for one, would really like to know what kind of jeopardy they present.