On the recordMarch 14, 2012
I noted that a Member of Congress, Anita Lowery, recently wrote a letter to the NRC asking that the Commission expand the evacuation zone around nuclear power plants to 50 miles.
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Barrasso references a request for a larger evacuation zone around nuclear plants.
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