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Kirsten Engel: “We still have not resolved the issue of what to do with…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Kirsten Engel 9/12/2022

Published | Video Starts at 23:38

It has, as you mentioned, the issues of proliferation, that people can use the nuclear materials for weapons, it can be stolen. There's all kinds of security. And of course, We still have not resolved the issue of what to do with nuclear waste. So nuclear waste in all of our nuclear power plants is simply sitting on the facility base and that isn't very safe for security purposes. It's not safe in terms of the environment. (23:38–23:43)

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Asserts that the issue of nuclear waste disposal remains unresolved.

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