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On the recordMay 13, 2014
I think in my opening statement I used 1 out of 10,000,000 years once a plant ceases operations and the last fuel is removed from the reactor and has cooled for a relatively short period of time.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses the low risk of spent fuel pool fire after reactor operations cease.

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