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Last week, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (BRC) released its final report to the Secretary of Energy detailing how the country should dispose of its nuclear waste. This week, the co-chairs, former Congressman Lee Hamilton and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft made the rounds to both the Senate and House for hearings on the issue.

This commission was tasked by President Obama in January 2010 with conducting a comprehensive review of America’s nuclear waste problem. The reason for creating this commission was that President had just fulfilled a campaign promise to close the Yucca Mountain Waste Repository in Nevada. But, closing Yucca Mountain would not address the problem of what to do with America’s nuclear waste.

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