Vermont Public Service Department Commissioner Christopher Recchia will appear before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Wednesday at 10 am, to testify at a hearing on stakeholder perspectives about nuclear power plant decommissioning.
“I look forward to discussing these critical issues about plant closure and management with the Senate Committee, as Vermont Yankee and other nuclear plants around the country enter shut down phases and head toward decommissioning” Recchia said. “Senator Sanders has been clearly instrumental in getting this topic to be taken up by the Committee as a whole, and I am most appreciative, both to Senator Sanders and Chairman Senator Boxer (CA), for making this a priority” he added. Recchia will be commenting on state’s need for a meaningful role in the decommissioning process, the current NRC exemption process, and spent fuel management priorities. He will also be addressing bills introduced today by Senators Boxer, Sanders and Markey related to these topics.
Recchia will appear on a panel with:
Michael F. Weber
Deputy Exec Dir for Operations Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, and Compliance Prgms, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Honorable Don Mosier
Council Member
City of Del Mar, CA
Mr. Geoffrey H. Fettus
Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
Mr. Marvin S. Fertel
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nuclear Energy Institute
More information can be found at this link: http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=9e96d72a-fe2a-308a-c411-5eae743b183c&Region_id=&Issue_id=