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Ed Whitfield: It is important that some decision be made at the NRC in a way that all of us clearly understand because when we have…

On the recordMay 3, 2011
It is important that some decision be made at the NRC in a way that all of us clearly understand because when we have spent billions of dollars on the Yucca Mountain Project...
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield stresses the need for clarity in NRC decisions regarding nuclear waste management.

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