Political Quotes

“Transportation of defense- and commercial-grade nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste is a great concern to the people of Oregon. Virtually every shipment to and from the Department of Energy's Hanford site requires at least 200 miles of transport on the roads in our State. As we have heard these past several days, the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste is a major concern to many Senators on both sides of the aisle in this debate with respect to how to handle nuclear waste in the next century. During the Energy Committee markup on S. 104, my amendment on transportation safety of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste was adopted. A key component of that amendment is the no shipments if no training provision. It literally means what it says, that there will be no shipment of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste through the jurisdiction of any State or reservation lands of any Indian tribe eligible unless technical assistance and funds to implement procedures for the safe routing transportation are available for at least 3 years prior to any shipments.”