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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
But do you believe we can open--so you--it would fail because groups like yours don't support doing it even though the science says it's safe there for a million years, and the law says we should do it.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander argues that opposition is hindering the Yucca Mountain project despite its safety.

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