Graham, DeMint: Recycle nation’s nuke waste in SC

Graham, DeMint push for reprocessing at Savannah River Site
The Blue Ribbon Panel on America's Nuclear Future should consider utilizing the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to reprocess used nuclear fuel, according to the state's Republican senators, Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint. "I'm very willing for the Savannah River Site to be the research and the development facility for the nation to make that idea a reality," said Graham. "The goal of reprocessing and recycling is to reduce your storage footprint, right?"  
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Obama pledges $4 billion more for nuke complex in bid to pass START, sources say

In a last-minute bid to save a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, the Obama administration has offered to spend $4 billion more over five years on the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, congressional sources said Friday.
President Obama has made passage of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, one of his top priorities for the lame-duck session starting next week. Officials worry that the pact could face long delays, or even fail, if it is put off until next year, when the Democrats' Senate majority will shrink.
Republicans have conditioned their support for the treaty on a big budget increase to fix up the country's aging weapons-production facilities.
Administration officials went to Capitol Hill on Friday and said the White House was prepared to add $4.1 billion for nuclear facilities, according to one congressional aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks were private. That is on top of a $10 billion increase the administration had already promised over the next decade .More at:
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Rockefeller sees 53 votes for bill to block EPA regs

Sen. Rockefeller Says 53 Senators Back Halt to EPA Climate Rules

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said his bill to impose a two-year hiatus on EPA stationary source GHG emissions rules had 53 supporters in the Senate, E&E News PM reported. Rockefeller also said he believed he could reach a 60-vote super majority for the bill. He expected the Senate to hold a vote on his bill in a lame-duck session this year, potentially as an amendment. Rockefeller said there were 11 Democrats and all 41 Republicans joining in his view that the EPA rules were wrong.

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