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Tony Thurmond: “The Senator is correct, the status quo simply does not make fiscal sense. It is my understanding that the cost of the…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2001
The Senator is correct, the status quo simply does not make fiscal sense. It is my understanding that the cost of the two plants together is less than the cost of current storage requirements, over a comparable time period. In fact, according to a November 1996 DOE report entitled ``Technical Summary for Long Term Storage of Weapons-Useable Fissile Materials,'' building and operating the MOX plant over a 50-year period, is over $1 billion less than the costs of maintaining the current infrastructure.
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Tony Thurmond
California
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Discussing the fiscal implications of building a MOX plant compared to current storage costs.

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