Bingaman wants fast reactor-safety review, eyes hearing By Ben Geman

Bingaman wants fast reactor-safety review, eyes hearing

By Ben GemanThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission should move quickly on studying whether the country's reactors have adequate safety measures, said Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. "I hope that the commission will quickly reach some conclusions about whether the safety precautions and provisions that it has insisted on are adequate for the future," Bingaman said. The Hill/E2 Wire blog

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