Political Quotes

Ed Markey: “I am shocked that we do not have the indigenous capacity in the United States to do the testing of aging nuclear parts…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
I am shocked that we do not have the indigenous capacity in the United States to do the testing of aging nuclear parts in a nuclear power plant.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses concern over U.S. reliance on Norway for nuclear testing.

Share

More from Ed Markey

Oct 3, 2026

Our economy and global financial systems have a codependent relationship with the fossil fuel industry. We cannot wait for big banks to address the very climate crisis they are financing if we are serious about reducing greenhouse gas…

markey.senate.gov
Oct 8, 2026

“We agree that permitting should be efficient, predictable, and capable of supporting the infrastructure our country needs. But faster permitting should not come at the expense of transparency or communities’ ability to shape the decisions…

markey.senate.gov
Oct 17, 2026

The US-Saudi nuclear deal is about megatons, not megawatts. Trump should not be sharing nuclear bomb technology with a nation that US intelligence says may want nuclear weapons. Even worse, the deal fails to meet the nonproliferation Gold…

markey.senate.gov
Oct 8, 2026

Three years into the brutality of the war in Gaza, we must stop the bombing, end this conflict, and usher in much-needed humanitarian aid into Gaza.

markey.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation