Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Do you believe we would be able to place used nuclear fuel in a private consolidated interim storage site more quickly than it could be disposed of in Yucca Mountain?"

"If we specifically appropriate general appropriation funds this year for you to continue the work needed to be prepared to take title to use nuclear fuel and store it at a private site, will you be ab..."

"Do you support building a permanent repository at Yucca Mountain?"

"General Klotz testified that operating the MOX project would cost at least twice as much as operating the dilute and disposal method."