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Chris Wright: “Nuclear Regulatory Commission personnel are detailed to the…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Senator Risch Questions Secretary Wright on Nuclear Energy

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

We know how to turn that into electricity through a steam turbine. It just won't have the steam turbines on it. But this is dramatic. And we have Nuclear Regulatory Commission personnel are detailed to the DOE working on permitting processes for test and demonstration reactors. so that they're getting early insight and knowledge and seeing the evolution of these reactors. So we can move quickly to the next phase to license these to sell commercial electricity. (02:31–02:47)

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Asserts that NRC personnel are involved in the permitting processes for nuclear reactors.

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