apostolakis? >> all i am saying in my boat is i would like to have the opinion and judgment of senior management. that does not mean that it will take forever to get that, but this sounds like a reasonable list. but i would like to have this additional input before we make a decision. and senior management may come up with additional recommendation that we need to implement immediately. i do not think we should limit ourselves to what the task force said. >> thank you. >> senator barrasso. >> chairman jaczko, how involved were you in the selection of the six members of this near-term task force? >> not involved. i believe the edo would tell me the list of people on it and i okayed it. >> were you involved in any way of the deliberations of the task force? >> not all. i spoke to them before their work, told them they had a tremendous response ability and that they should do the best they could. >> the commission talked about a patchwork of current programs flowing. do you agree that our current pro

a structure processing to the comments of commissioner magwood, ostendorff, and apostolakis, should achieve that." >> thank you. >> commissioners, welcome. this is a day when our economy could have melted down, and it looks like we could avoid that. we will make sure that the recommendations from the smart people that work at the nuclear regulatory commission -- we can somehow seize the opportunity to ensure we will not have a meltdown in our complex. i'm happy your hair. these are challenging times for the nrc, and they have been challenging for my colleagues and me as well. we will get through this day, and hopefully your recommendations. as many of you know, my interest in nuclear energy comes from a clean air and energy security perspective, and from 23 years of a naval flight officer. i have a lot of the debentures from that perspective. -- ventures from that perspective. nuclear power has helped to reduce air pollution that damages for our health and cause global warming. as we saw the crisis unfold at fukushima, one wrong step could have big and bad consequences. this crisis is a str

george apostolakis. how did i do on that one? we met in california, so i had a chance to practice that. go ahead. >> chairman boxer, chairman carper, ranking member reso, and members of the committee, good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. my views regarding the way forward are summarized as follows -- first, it is important to bear in mind the significant task force conclusion that the current regulatory commission has served the public well, and a sequence of events like those that happened in fukushima are unlikely in the united states. second, many people have referred to the events in fukushima as unthinkable or not foreseen and implied that we should protect nuclear plants from unimaginable events. however, there is growing evidence the historical record of tsunami is had not been used improperly to determine the design basis, and consequently protection of the plans was not sufficient. in addition, the location was less than optimal with respect to protection against flooding. the accident w

george apostolakis. how did i do on that one? we met in california, so i had a chance to practice that. go ahead. >> chairman boxer, chairman carper, ranking member reso, and members of the committee, good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. my views regarding the way forward are summarized as follows -- first, it is important to bear in mind the significant task force conclusion that the current regulatory commission has served the public well, and a sequence of events like those that happened in fukushima are unlikely in the united states. second, many people have referred to the events in fukushima as unthinkable or not foreseen and implied that we should protect nuclear plants from unimaginable events. however, there is growing evidence the historical record of tsunami is had not been used improperly to determine the design basis, and consequently protection of the plans was not sufficient. in addition, the location was less than optimal with respect to protection against flooding. the accident w

commissioner apostolakis. you know what they told me? i said what is your plan if there is an emergency? they said we have to go out on the highway. that's all we can do. escape that way. do you ever go that freeway? you probably have not. you can't even move an inch. i have 7 million people there. you're sitting there saying basically you can't move forward. i want to compliment the members of this special task force. it is not red tape at all. it is 12 recommendations. they make sense and i am stunned to hear that you -- is there one you could say we can move forward before you hear from the industry, anybody? any one of these you can recommend? >> i agree that the task force identified the correct areas but i would like the n.r.c. staff that would be responsible for carrying out the recommendations -- i would like to have respectfully their input prior to deciding. >> that's right and chairman jaczko has laid out a path to do just that. but you say you won't be ready in october. what is the date you will be ready? what date do you thi