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Mike Crapo: “As I understand the issue... one of the problems we have is that in order to do the work that the NRC would need to do…”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
As I understand the issue... one of the problems we have is that in order to do the work that the NRC would need to do on this reactor, as your amendment would require, Senator Gillibrand, the reactor needs to be shut down.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo explains the challenges of the NRC's work on the reactor due to the need for a shutdown.

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