Markey Statement on NRC Adoption of Six Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety Recs

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Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff released a staff paper expressing support for the rapid adoption of all or part of six recommendations made by the Commission's Near-Term Task Force in the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns.

"I commend the NRC staff for urging for the quick adoption of six of the twelve recommendations of the NRC Near Term Task Force on Fukushima. I call on the Commission to move expeditiously to do so. However, I also note that the NRC staff review additionally concluded that all twelve recommendations "would enhance safety and the staff agrees with moving forward with each of these recommendations', and I again call upon the Commission to move more quickly on the remaining six."

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