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Ed Markey: “The NRC does not have a minimum balance which the company has to keep in order to make sure that the project is…”

On the recordMay 5, 2022
The NRC does not have a minimum balance which the company has to keep in order to make sure that the project is successfully completed.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey highlights the lack of NRC requirements for minimum funding in decommissioning projects.

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