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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 7)
MR. HANSON: Forty years.
REP. GORDON: Okay.
Ms. Price.
MS. PRICE: A sufficient capacity on the nuclear sites to store them for as long as the nuclear plants are running, but I don't have any issues with that, and I would say fifteen to twenty years and you can have a sodium cold reactor in service.
REP. GORDON: Okay. And -- MR. FERGUSON: And I echo Dr. Peter's comments. I think another century on site with dry cast storage, we can probably get this up and running mid century in terms of commercial paths as we need to.
REP. GORDON: Thank you for your indulgence and Dr. Ehlers is recognized.
REP. EHLERS: Thank...
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