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Martin Heinrich: If we move so aggressively forward on storage and we don't address the steps needed to get to a permanent geological…

On the recordJuly 29, 2013
If we move so aggressively forward on storage and we don't address the steps needed to get to a permanent geological repository those communities could end up being de facto permanent storage.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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Heinrich warns against temporary storage becoming permanent without proper steps.

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