Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"The NRC has an important role to play in the implementation of advanced nuclear technologies by promptly reviewing new reactor designs."

"I share Senator Sessions' sentiment regarding the carbon free nature of nuclear power."

"I think there is enormous promise in those, particularly in ones that can burn through our existing nuclear waste."

"I think the question, to use your words, should be thinking ahead and starting early, is really at the crux of this"