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Sam Gibbons: “Mr. Chairman, the reason I am here is to discuss the ability of the State of Nevada and all affected local governments…”

On the recordJune 22, 1998
Mr. Chairman, the reason I am here is to discuss the ability of the State of Nevada and all affected local governments to carry out their oversight authority on the proposed Yucca Mountain project in Nevada. This oversight authority was granted to them in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Currently the Department of Energy is conducting tests to determine if the Yucca Mountain site will be a permanent repository for nuclear waste. When the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 was created, Members of this body felt that it was imperative for the State of Nevada and all affected local governments to have sufficient resources to carry out their own oversight. These necessary funds are used to properly oversee tests the Department of Energy is carrying out to determine whether or not Yucca Mountain is suitable or not suitable as a permanent nuclear waste site.
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Sam Gibbons
Florida
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Discussing oversight authority for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada.

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