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Ed Markey: It is a pile as high as the Moon because ultimately this technology will never produce any final product which was an…

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
It is a pile as high as the Moon because ultimately this technology will never produce any final product which was an unfortunate experience which we had with the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. It never resulted in a final product.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the limitations of certain energy technologies.

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