Jim Risch: “Idaho is the birthplace of nuclear energy.”

“So appreciate what you can do on that. It certainly needs some work. I really want to focus, though, today on nuclear. As you know, Idaho is the birthplace of nuclear energy. We're very, very proud of the Idaho National Lab, which not only was the birthplace, but today remains the flagship for nuclear energy.” (00:35–00:38)

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