"Sen. Feinstein and I agree with that recommendation."
"we cannot be stopped by Yucca from doing good public policy around nuclear."
"I do not intend to quit, so I am going to be at this, and there are so many conflicting opinions."
"Every time we have some hope for a new nuclear waste facility, something stops it."
"I believe that Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution, but we have more used fuel than Yucca Mountain's legal capacity."
"3 months is more than enough time for us to be able to respond to your questions."
"It is my understanding that we must contain temperature rise to 2 degrees or less by 2100 or we court disaster."
"I would like them back in a couple of weeks because there are issues that are pressing."
"I do not want to ask your successor 10 years from now, if I am still alive, what happened."
"the American people need NRC to be a strong, independent, and capable regulator, and the nuclear industry should be held accountable to it for the safety of all reactors, both operating and retired."
"I also want to be clear that, in my opinion, the Commission should continue licensing activities for Yucca Mountain."