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Spencer Cox: “Now you can't get a permit to build a nuclear facility in 12…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Spencer Cox on political tension, civility and America's divides

Published | Video Starts at 23:45

Not having to do with your birth. I hope my birth had nothing to do with this. I am 50 this year. But that's when we stopped. And Now you can't get a permit to build a nuclear facility in 12 years. and yet we build 130 in 12 years. So this is the mistake that we've made. Other places in the world kept doing this and doing it very well. (23:45–23:49)

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Asserts that current permitting processes for nuclear facilities are significantly slower than in the past.

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