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John Shimkus: “Without a national solution, you will be an interim site forever, right? And no one wants that.”

On the recordMay 17, 2018
Without a national solution, you will be an interim site forever, right? And no one wants that.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus warns against remaining an interim site for nuclear waste indefinitely.

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