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Jay Inslee: “I will just ask Dr. Lyons, how are we ever to build anything like a nuclear waste repository anywhere in the United…”

On the recordMay 31, 2011
I will just ask Dr. Lyons, how are we ever to build anything like a nuclear waste repository anywhere in the United States if social acceptance is a mandatory criteria to build something?
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Inslee questions the feasibility of building nuclear waste facilities based on social acceptance.

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