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“I have learned that NRC drafted its press materials saying that its review of PG&E’s seismic study said that the plant remained “safe to operate” weeks before PG&E even submitted the study to NRC in the first place“, Senator Barbara Boxer, 15 April 2015.

“Statement of Ranking Member Barbara Boxer: “Oversight Hearing: The President’s FY 2016 Budget Request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission” April 15, 2015 (Remarks as prepared for delivery)

Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing on the budget request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), fee recovery, and management issues.

Among the management issues I wish to explore today are the slow pace at which the NRC is implementing measures intended to protect American nuclear plants in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns in Japan in March 2011. I’d be interested in the Commission’s views about…