Jeff Bingaman: “I don't really believe, based on what I've seen that the problem, the core problem here is the permitting process.”

I think there's an agreement that we need a permanent geologic repository.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., to hold a briefing entitled, ``Accountability Review Board''. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Repositories are the only technically, economically and morally viable solution.

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.