Full Committee Hearing to Examine Storage of Nuclear Waste and the Nuclear Waste Administration Act
June 27, 2019
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The hearing will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine options for the interim and long-term storage of nuclear waste and to consider S. 1234, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -
Sen. Joe Manchin
Ranking MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
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Dr. John C. Wagner
Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear Science & Technology DirectorateIdaho National Laboratory -
Mr. Geoffrey H. Fettus
Senior Attorney, Nuclear, Climate and Clean Energy ProgramNatural Resources Defense Council, Inc. -
Ms. Maria Korsnick
President and Chief Executive OfficerNuclear Energy Institute -
Mr. Steven P. Nesbit
Chair, Nuclear Waste Policy Task ForceAmerican Nuclear Society -
Mr. Wayne Norton
Chair, Decommissioning Plant Coalition Steering CommitteePresident & CEO, Yankee Atomic Electric Company
