Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think that danger here is that the economics get misaligned."

"They can run on spent nuclear fuel."

"My worry here is that it is going to cost a little bit more and take a little bit more trouble and effort to deal with repurposed fuel than it is to simply start new."

"Our current climate goal of net zero by 2050 may or may not be adequate. But whether it is adequate or not, we are not going to get there without nuclear energy."