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Ed Markey: We know that nuclear power plants, gaining access to those materials are at the top of the terrorist target list, so I…

On the recordApril 5, 2016
We know that nuclear power plants, gaining access to those materials are at the top of the terrorist target list, so I recommend very strongly that you put in place a program to reexamine the measures that we have in place.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need to reassess security measures for nuclear power plants.

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