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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Murkowski presses Obama official on late nuclear waste plan

Murkowski presses Obama official on late nuclear waste plan

[COMMENTARY:  This article and Senator Murkowski's statement illustrates further the anti-Nulcear Power position the Barack Obama Administration holds.  While penalizing nuclear plants like San Onofre for their nuclear waste, the administration simultaneously does not release a nuclear waste plan by set deadlines.]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pressed an Energy Department (DOE) official Wednesday for answers on why the Obama administration missed a summer deadline for finalizing a nuclear waste storage plan.

“The government’s failure to address our nuclear waste issues is damaging to the development of future nuclear power and simultaneously worsening our nation’s financial situation,” Murkowski said during opening remarks at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. “We need to act, and we need to act soon.”

The administration did not meet a scheduled July 31 deadline to complete its nuclear waste storage plan.
Peter Lyons, DOE assistant secretary for nuclear energy, told the Senate committee the administration is uncertain when the plan will be ready.http://inpowano.blogspot.com/2012/09/murkowski-presses-obama-official-on.html

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