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Kirsten Gillibrand: “If you have a pool of unspent fuel sitting 50 miles from New York City, it becomes a national security risk that is…”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
If you have a pool of unspent fuel sitting 50 miles from New York City, it becomes a national security risk that is real. It also is an environmental hazard.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights the risks of spent fuel storage near populated areas.

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