my co-workers across the nrdc family. privileged to work every day with the best in the business when it comes for standing up for nature and the environment. as i watch month after month of people working in our waters program and the air program and the climate program and the lands program and toxic program and ocean program and i saw people going head head day in and day out against this reckless assaults and i kept waiting for the big article to come out in the traditional media waiting out and explain to the american people what was going on and what was behind this and reminding us in wasn't the american people who were asking for this but corporate polluters who were demanding it and getting what they were asking for. it finally dawned on me that the ammunition of the traditional news media left us in a place in this country where these stories are getting harder and harder for people to tell and this was the opportunity for us to tell it and i travel around the country and grew up in a very conservative area. i c

nrdc testified before the blue ribbon commission that nrdc believes it makes sense to provide for consolidated storage of spent fuel from permanently shut down reactors not in line with reactors that are operational. in addition, we note the organizations such as the new england governor's conference, the mit centers, the new england council, the national conference of state legislature. the nuclear waste strategy commission. the national commission on energy policy and the american physical society. we are also grateful for the enduring support for priority movement of our material to consolidated interim storage of the many members of congress who represents districts and states where our sites are located. thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today. i'm glad to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you. we'll get to the questions in a little bit. dr. metly, i'd like to call on you, please. >> thank you mr. chairman. chairman carper, ranking member brasso. i'm a member of the senior professional staff of the u.s. nuclear waste technical review board an independent fe

and if those promises are remotely in jeopardy it's not clear to nrdc why any state would trust such a contract or future promise. we addressed interim storage and other matters. i'm happy to take questions on those as all. i'll close with the premise that we hope both guides congressional inquiry and legislative drafting. that is years or decades from now just as you warned, others will face our current predictment unless congress creates a trabs parent equitable process with environmental hazards that can't be manipulated in order to license a site that might not be suitful. as i stated to several members of the brc in extensive public kol kwi. i can't gasht that it will result in a solution. but i can point to strong evidence that following similar to the last two decades results in failure. thank you for this opportunity to testify and i'm happy to take your questions. >> you bet. please procedure. >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you for the funt to appear before you. my name is dooift wright and i'm a commissioner with south carolina. i welcome you to am i rightle beach

have beenn 0 fromrdc -- we have people from nrdc. thanks of great regulation -- regulation gets a bad name these days, but when implemented correctly, it can be a phenomenal force for good, and the state of california has led the way. local governments -- this is a phenomenal city to do business in a, a city which has attracted and under the mayor's leadership accelerated the attraction of other tech companies and built an ecosystem. when you want to start a business, you want to open an office, you need to go to where the talent is, and there is not a city in the world that has more talented people than the city of san francisco. we are thrilled to be here and to have your leadership. i do not know if we will be at 3000 employees, but if the warriors win the championship, we will be there to celebrate and to help in any way we can. we look forward to being a long- term partner of yours and the city's for years to come. of course, the third group to thank here it is it is great to have a beautiful office, but what's most important it

nrdc testified before the blue ribbon commission that nrdc believes it makes sense to provide for conlidatedstogeshwnctthreot ghw toeil atl. ofh gat n anoor conference, the m.i.t. center for advanced nuclear energy systems, the nuclear energy institute, the new england counsel, natnal nfer oatgior e hewa sry aln, koner, naalmin erol ad en ys society. we are also grateful for the enduring support of the party movement of material to consolidated interest towards by reensts sibe ofgw thyor ort to- today. >> we will get to the questions and nfl bit. dr. metlay i would liketo call t yerchlease. basonaud n alexander. my name is daniel metlay. i'm a member of the senior professional staff of the.s. nuclear waste technical rew d,inndeal i k fovi me y ro sbaou foio on the international experience related to consent-based programs for sing facilities for storing or sposofhi-l nar asthyfu smee udn heg record. this subcommittee undoubtedly is familiarith e exenin e edtes bre afsi arrion lm tccun. ay ls familiar with the experiences of other countries. inct s ilcmyen be ve enn d. tasa ad tr idihete states, h