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Mike Simpson: “I think interim storage becomes much more difficult if it becomes de facto permanent storage because you don't have a…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
I think interim storage becomes much more difficult if it becomes de facto permanent storage because you don't have a plan for a geological repository.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson warns that interim storage could become permanent without a geological repository plan.

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