Joint Hearing on "Role of Nuclear Regulatory Commission in America's Energy Future"

"It is too soon to say with certainty what caused the accident in Japan and what role, if any, lax regulatory oversight of the industry played in the catastrophe. Here in the United States, we are not immune to catastrophic events resulting from regulatory failures, as we saw with the 2008 financial collapse and the BP oil spill. It is our duty to learn lessons from the Fukushima disaster and close any gaps in our oversight of America's nuclear fleet." - Ranking Member Henry Waxman's opening statement as prepared for delivery.

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The Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a joint hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, "The Role of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in America's Energy Future".

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• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• energy
• Japan
• regulations
• Fukushima
• nuclear waste
• nuclear reactors
• Yucca Mountain