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Ed Markey: “It is about a precedent that is set. It is about further momentum which is created towards a reprocessing world that…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
It is about a precedent that is set. It is about further momentum which is created towards a reprocessing world that ultimately increases the likelihood of these nuclear materials falling into the hands of those who would use them for purposes that our nonproliferation policy is intended to stop.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the risks of nuclear materials being misused due to reprocessing.

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