Feinstein Urges U.S. Review of Nuclear Waste Amid Japan Crisis
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, said the U.S. should re-evaluate how it regulates nuclear waste as scientists in Japan struggle to contain radiation from spent fuel rods at a crippled reactor.
“We lack a comprehensive national policy to address the nuclear fuel cycle, including management of nuclear waste,” Feinstein, the chairman of a Senate spending panel, said today at a hearing examining the failure of a Japanese nuclear plant.