Yucca Mountain Hearing Alert

From Senate Energy and Natural Resources. Now we've got a witness list:

The full committee hearing on spent fuel will be held Thursday, August 3, at 10 a.m. in SD 628.

The purpose of this legislative hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2589, to enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to ensure protection of public health and safety, to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes.

WITNESS LIST

Senator Harry Reid
Senator John Ensign

Panel 1

The Honorable Edward Sproat, III
Director
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
U.S. Department of Energy

The Honorable David Wright
Commissioner, South Carolina Public Service Commission
Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory and Utility Commissioners
Washington, DC

Geoff Fettus
Esquire
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, DC

Robert Loux
Executive Director
Agency for Nuclear Projects
Office of the Governor
State of Nevada
Carson City, NV

TBA
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA

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