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Kent Conrad: “Their judgment is that it ought to be left in the locations where it is today, and to the extent that the ponds that are…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1996
Their judgment is that it ought to be left in the locations where it is today, and to the extent that the ponds that are the current repository are filling that they move those quantities to dry cask storage. Is that the essence of their recommendation?
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing recommendations regarding the storage of nuclear waste.

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