Republicans Tell NRC to Weigh Benefits in Fukushima Steps
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House Republicans said the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should consider the additional costs of measures ordered in response to the reactor disaster in Japan two years ago.
“Safety gains should be significant enough to outweigh additional costs” to be paid by industry, Representative John Shimkus of Illinois, chairman of an Energy and Commerce subcommittee, said today at a hearing in Washington with the five NRC commissioners.