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Ed Markey: “Well, if the NRC doesn't have to consider and respond to public comments on a plant's decommissioning process, the…”

On the recordMay 5, 2022
Well, if the NRC doesn't have to consider and respond to public comments on a plant's decommissioning process, the rulemaking just sets up a show trial.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the NRC's lack of public engagement in decommissioning processes.

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