Are you aware that this report also indicates the Department of Energy will need $13.5 billion, again, in 2007 dollars, and 10 years just to obtain a construction authorization and license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
Catherine Cortez Masto: “Are you aware that this report also indicates the Department of Energy will need $13.5 billion, again, in 2007 dollars…”
On the recordMarch 19, 2018
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Cortez Masto questions the funding needs for Yucca Mountain's licensing.
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