Lamar Alexander actually said...

"The quickest, and probably the least expensive, way for the Federal Government to start to meet its used nuclear fuel obligations is for the Department of Energy to contract with a private storage fac..."

"Was that suspension due to a reorganization of ownership?"

"Well, my own view is I'm concerned for our country about the closing of so many reactors for a variety of reasons."

"Do you believe that it would be possible to place used nuclear fuel in a private consolidated storage site more quickly than in Yucca Mountain?"