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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Administrator, you have pointed out that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would be the lead agency if the United States were to experience the kind of accident or level of damage at a commercial nuclear reactor that is occurring now in Japan.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins highlights the NRC's role in nuclear accident response.

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