Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I have kind of come down off my high horse on the advanced modular nuclear reactors a little bit."

"Tell me--tell me where they are."

"Let me just ask you some questions about Yucca Mountain, which shouldn't take long to answer."

"I think you actually have an exciting period of time coming up as these different forms of reactors--small, advanced, whatever they may turn out to be--come along."