U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
Hearing Statements

Date: 09/14/2006

Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Oversight Hearing on NRC’s Regulatory Responsibilities and Capabilities for Long -and Short- term Spent Fuel Storage Programs

Committee on Environment and Public Works
Oversight Hearing on NRC’s Regulatory Responsibilities and Capabilities for Long- and Short- term Spent Fuel Storage Programs
September 14, 2006
406 Dirksen, 9:30 AM

Opening Statements:

Sen. George V. Voinovich , of Ohio.

Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.

Sen. Thomas R. Carper, of Delaware.

Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, of New Jersey.

Witnesses:

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

Shane Johnson
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy

Louis Reyes
Executive Director of Operations
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Admiral Frank L. “Skip” Bowman, U.S.N. (Retired)
President and CEO
Nuclear Energy Institute

Victor Gilinsky
Independent Energy Consultant