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David Cay Johnston: “I send a letter to the desk addressed to me dated today and signed by Terry R. Lash, Director of the Office of Nuclear…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1996
I send a letter to the desk addressed to me dated today and signed by Terry R. Lash, Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, which details the principal arguments against terminating the advanced light water reactor program and, among other things, points out that in the fifth year of a 5-year program, the cost to terminate this program would exceed the Government's obligation, which is $22 million in this budget. So it would seem foolhardy at best to do so.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia
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Discussing the implications of terminating the advanced light water reactor program.

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