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Dirk Kempthorne: “Regarding the Nevada test site, I referenced this as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. I am very familiar…”

On the recordApril 10, 1997
Regarding the Nevada test site, I referenced this as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. I am very familiar with the important work previously done at this site. For example, I believe the United States has conducted 100 aboveground nuclear tests and 804 underground nuclear tests at the Nevada test site. So I ask the chairman of the Energy Committee, is this the location proposed to serve as the interim storage facility under the Murkowski- Craig bill?
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho

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Discussing the Nevada test site and its role in nuclear testing and proposed interim storage.

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