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Ed Markey: The NRC has drastically underestimated the risks from a fire at a spent fuel pond.

On the recordJune 12, 2017
The NRC has drastically underestimated the risks from a fire at a spent fuel pond.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights NRC's underestimation of risks from spent fuel fires.

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