I applaud Southern, because they are looking at the market as a whole, and they want to preserve the nuclear industry.

it's interesting because we have no nuclear waste policy in this country.

Yes, it has to be a regulated market.

We do not agree on nuclear power, as you know.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

To me, this is the key. You know, I think Southern California Edison has in the vicinity of 3300 rods in spent-fuel pools right at the facility, and no place to put them.

I don't understand the push for this and the absence of a push to safely secure the waste.

Because that's important. That's where it all happens.

Well, I think, and somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you store them for 5 to 7 years, and then they should be removed from the spent fuel pool, and they should be put in dry casks, hopefully transportation dry casks, so that…

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman.

it is really propitious that the Senator from Nevada is in the Chair today because I am going to speak about our legislation, which is part of the WRDA bill. Let me begin by thanking the Presiding Officer for his leadership. We put this…

I really hope that Secretary Moniz will not mind this.

We had Hamilton in. We sat there with the chairs of the Authorizing Committee.

I sit here and I listen to this, and it's like I'm in a fairy tale.

If we can't properly store the waste, we shouldn't build the reactors.

I think it's very important that we learn the lessons, not only of the past--1980s--but actually some also more recent events.

To me, until you've got a methodology to properly harbor this waste for the millennium, it's ridiculous to talk about any of this.

Could you just talk a little bit about fusion energy?

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I am just about finished. I ask unanimous consent for an additional minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.