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Chris Wright: “Savannah River National Lab pioneered and still practices…”

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

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Energy Secretary Wright discusses SRNL work on fusion during Congressional hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:35

Was in fission energy, which is what we're starting a renaissance right now. But it leads the nation in addition, in tritium production, the. The essential fuel for fusion as well. So, yeah, Savannah River National Lab pioneered and still practices reprocessing of fuels. So many of the things that we did 50 years ago, we stopped doing, but we need to do for our renaissance in fission and fusion. (00:35–00:38)

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Asserts that Savannah River National Lab has pioneered and continues to practice fuel reprocessing.

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