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David Cay Johnston: “Nuclear waste legislation needs to do four things. First, it needs to provide for the storage of nuclear waste between…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1996
Nuclear waste legislation needs to do four things. First, it needs to provide for the storage of nuclear waste between 1998, when a quarter of the Nation's nuclear powerplants will have run out of storage space, and the date, 14 or more years distant, when the permanent repository will open and begin accepting the utilities' waste. Second, it needs to set the existing repository program on a sounder footing by endorsing the Department of Energy's plan for completing scientific studies at the site and setting forth the licensing standards by which the repository will be judged. Third, it needs to fill the gap in transportation planning by selecting an appropriate route to ship nuclear waste between existing railroads and Yucca Mountain. Fourth, it needs to ensure that the program is adequately funded. The bill before us meets all four of these tests.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia
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Discussing the requirements for effective nuclear waste legislation.

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