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Mark Kelly: “Nuclear energy needs to be part of this solution. It's a…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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'We Can't Afford To Wait 10 Or 15 Years': Kelly Calls To Streamline NRC's Nuclear Permitting

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

We know it. It's going to continue to grow in Wyoming and Arizona, across the country. We're going to need more reliable, affordable and abundant power on the grid. That's clear. Nuclear energy needs to be part of this solution. It's a proven technology. We've been building and operating nuclear reactors since the 1960s. And this is not an engineering problem. It's a regulatory problem. And if we're serious about expanding nuclear power, we need a regulatory framework that helps us build the fleet faster and more efficiently. (00:28–00:38)

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Asserts that nuclear energy is a proven technology and should be part of the energy solution.

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