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John Shimkus: “Shutting down the repository program, the administration did not elaborate on a technical or safety concern, merely that…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
Shutting down the repository program, the administration did not elaborate on a technical or safety concern, merely that it was 'unworkable.'
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Criticism of the administration's decision to halt the Yucca Mountain repository program.

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