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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
We shouldn't sit back and watch investors go to China and India to develop and commercialize next-generation reactors.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need for American innovation in nuclear technology.

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