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Frank Lautenberg: It is simply inexcusable. Slow walking needed reforms after a disaster like Fukushima, where widespread contamination…

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
It is simply inexcusable. Slow walking needed reforms after a disaster like Fukushima, where widespread contamination has set back Japan immeasurably, must not be an option.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Criticism of delays in implementing safety reforms post-Fukushima disaster.

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