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On the recordJuly 13, 2011
the people who are in charge of looking at the safety of nuclear power and have so far presided over a system where there's never been a death in a commercial reactor and where no one was hurt at Three Mile Island and they have been so effective in looking at safety that we haven't been able to build any for 30 years, they've said that we can store it safely on site for 60 years.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing the safety record of nuclear power and its management.

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