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[0] HEARING OF THE HOUSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SUBJECT: "ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR FUEL RECYCLING: WHAT SHOULD OUR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION STRATEGY BE?" CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE BART GORDON (D-TN) WITNESSES: MARK PETERS, DEPUTY ASSOCIATE LABORATORY DIRECTOR, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY; ALAN HANSON, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND USED FUEL MANAGEMENT,... (Part 6).

Publication: Washington Newsmaker Transcript Database
Publication Date: 18-JUN-09
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HEARING OF THE HOUSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SUBJECT: "ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR FUEL RECYCLING: WHAT SHOULD OUR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION STRATEGY BE?" CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE BART GORDON (D-TN) WITNESSES: MARK PETERS, DEPUTY ASSOCIATE LABORATORY DIRECTOR, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY; ALAN HANSON, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND USED FUEL MANAGEMENT, AREVA, INC.; LISA PRICE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY, AND CEO OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL; CHARLES FERGUSON, SENIOR FELLOW FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS LOCATION: 2318 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 10:00 A.M. EDT DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009(Part 6)

These things are dual use. You can make them evermore proliferation resistant if we're willing to spend the resources to do it.

REP. GORDON: So it can be significantly reduced? Would that be fair to say? But not eliminated?

MR. PETERS: Yes, sir, I think that's true. We can't eliminate it.

REP. GORDON: Okay.

So let's get back to my earlier question. In terms of, again, something we should be doing in this country, do we move forward with existing reprocessing technologies or should we wait and -- for that next generation...

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