During Wednesday's Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development hearing to examine the FY 2020 budget request for the
Department of Energy (DOE) Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) informed
DOE Secretary Rick Perry that he hopes to meet with him and other top
senators within the next two weeks in order to discuss ways of solving
an impasse over the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository that has dodged
the appropriations process for years.
"If we don't collectively take action, what we have said to the
American people is that we have decided on permanent disposal of
high-level nuclear waste as it is in the 39 states where it resides
today," Perry said.
Senator's Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) who
also sit on the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee agreed that
the Yucca Mountain stalemate risks hindering the development of
advanced nuclear technology. The full hearing can be viewed
HERE.
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