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Chuck Fleischmann: “Yucca needs to go forward. The interim storage options are too burdensome, too costly and that is the site that was…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
Yucca needs to go forward. The interim storage options are too burdensome, too costly and that is the site that was chosen, that is the site that was legally funded and the science is sound.
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Chuck Fleischmann
Republican · Tennessee

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Fleischmann emphasizes the necessity of moving forward with Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste storage.

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