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Ed Markey: “Because an exemption the NRC has allowed to Holtec in the transfer of the license allows Holtec to stop paying for…”

On the recordMay 5, 2022
Because an exemption the NRC has allowed to Holtec in the transfer of the license allows Holtec to stop paying for emergency planning to area towns.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes NRC exemptions affecting local emergency planning funding.

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