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