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On the recordJune 13, 2011
It is unbelievable that 1 week after the Nuclear Waste Policy Act says that the NRC must either approve or deny the license application or formally notify Congress as to why it needs more time, the Commission cannot even reach the question of whether the application is even alive.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Criticism of the NRC's inefficiency in handling a license application.

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