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On the recordMay 3, 2011
During the events in Japan, Chairman Jaczko enunciated a policy that people living within 50 miles of the damaged reactors in Japan should evacuate.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield discusses the controversial evacuation policy during the Japan nuclear crisis.

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