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On the recordJuly 30, 2013
So, I mean, my point is, what makes you believe that another consent-based approach somewhere in this country is not going to end up 30 years later and $15 billion in the hole just like we have right now at Yucca Mountain?
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Shimkus expresses skepticism about the feasibility of new consent-based nuclear waste approaches.

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