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Ed Markey: “We should not leave doors open for our partners to use U.S. technology to process spent nuclear fuel in ways that…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2015
We should not leave doors open for our partners to use U.S. technology to process spent nuclear fuel in ways that produce materials that can be used as the building blocks for nuclear weapons.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns against potential misuse of U.S. nuclear technology.

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