Lamar Alexander actually said...

Would you agree that it would be, do you agree with that recommendation to move along parallel tracks?

Senator Alexander supports moving forward with consolidation sites for used nuclear fuel.

09/11/2012

More Lamar Alexander Quotes

No policy or process involving nuclear waste can be successful unless it is consent-based along the way.

It is important to protect Tennessee, I know, from the unilateral action of getting a nuclear site.

I think your consent-based recommendation just clears the air, it doesn't resolve Yucca Mountain for now.

We have had a stalemate here for about 25 years, as you have said in your report. And we in Congress have caused some of that.