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Harry Reid: “Yes, because they have asked the Federal Government to take over the project. Up to this time, much of the expense has…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1996
Yes, because they have asked the Federal Government to take over the project. Up to this time, much of the expense has been borne by ratepayers at so much per kilowatt per electricity into this fund. The fund has been used to repair the nuclear repository. I tell the Senator some interesting statistics. This will make the people shudder, and the Senator from North Dakota is one of our budget experts here, so he probably will not shudder as much because he has gotten used to things like this. When the 1982 act passed, everyone was told that characterization would cost about $200 million.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Discussing the financial implications of a nuclear repository project.

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