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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. She was the first woman to hold this position, breaking significant barriers in a predominantly male political landscape. Throughout her tenure, Feinstein was known for her advocacy on issues such as gun control, environmental protection, and intelligence oversight, playing a pivotal role in shaping legislation in these areas.
The government's failure to follow the law not only imperils the future of nuclear power in our country, but it also results in wasting billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars to settle lawsuits by utilities, who are stuck with the used…
I hope you will continue to be open to the small reactor application when it comes.
A public agency would want to protect the public above all, and not just the public today or 50 years from now.
I am really less concerned about the optics for Mr. Poneman than I am the Department's.
Yes, I guess this is a problem that I certainly have is that you spend a billion, $1.22, and you do not really have a project yet.
I wanted to--oh, good. Just a word to the distinguished chairman of the Energy Committee, both Senator Alexander and I mentioned that we had completed our joint effort at a nuclear waste policy act.
And to me, I mean, this is almost diabolical that you leave, you know, six million people in the area without the benefit of power, but the spent fuel is there.
The problem for me, and, again, just a simple problem, is that it is all out of sight.
I would say particularly because of earth instability in that area, you would want to get the stuff out of there.
Well, let me just--let me just ask you another thing because I am just a lay person, sort of a simple soul.
I deeply believe we desperately need a new policy on nuclear waste, and this subcommittee has been committed to making progress toward that goal.
The idea of deliberately allowing the 99 reactors which produce 60 percent of our carbon free emissions, to allow that number to decline I think would be serious malpractice by all of us involved.
I look forward to reintroducing with Senator Feinstein, and Senator Murkowski, and perhaps others, legislation that would create temporary and permanent storage sites for nuclear waste.
The fact remains that the NRC in its final rule digressed from 30 years of regulatory precedent
Well, thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. And, Mr. Burns, essentially what you are saying, if I understand it, is that there is now a voluntary proposal to provide a pilot nuclear waste facility in Texas.
The risk of an accident and its impacts can be significantly reduced by expediting the movement of spent fuel.
I do not, except thank you, lady and gentlemen, for being so game and answering these questions.
Would this be underground? What would the requirements be? My understanding is it is underground.
This really changes my support of the nuclear industry because if things are going to be built that they are going to be there forever and never moved, and subject to--I do not know what the monitoring regime would have to be.
I can think of a whole host of things that could happen that are not predictable.
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