07/15/2009
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"I had the opportunity to talk with the President on Friday evening about this particular issue."
"Well, the decision was made in the 1980s, the geological site was found, Yucca Mountain--I have been out there as well--as a nuclear national solution to a national problem."
"I personally think it is a perfectly fine place to put it. We need to make a political decision in terms of moving forward and that obviously rests with all of you."
"If we want to maintain our competitiveness in the global nuclear arena... it is imperative that we as a nation establish an integrated waste system and permanent repository."