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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I want to make sure that on the uranium facility at Oak Ridge, that as you go through a competition for management--and that's your prerogative to do that; it's a part of keeping everybody honest and making the taxpayer secure--but I want to make sure that all of the effort that surrounds a competition of such a major effort does not interfere with whatever we agree upon should be the timeline and the cost of what may be a--I don't want to say a number, because I hope it's lower than this--a $5 billion or so phase one of the UPF.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discusses the importance of management competition without affecting project timelines and costs.

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