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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
So we would lose 20 percent of our what, we call our base load capacity, of our electricity, which is base load capacity in this case, and about 60 percent of our carbon-free.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing the potential loss of nuclear power's contribution to electricity generation.

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