orrell and mr. wright. >> well, my personal -- >> again, i'll ask you to be brief. >> my personal opinion is at the moment, without a robust discernible repository development program, the enthusiasm for moving early on consolidated storage will probably be short lived. >> thanks. mr. wright? >> what he said. >> you guys are getting good at this. might invite you to come back. you could be our third panel today. this is one for the entire panel. and if all of you were in our shoes, what would be your first action to get this country started and on a consent-based approach toward finding a final resting place for our spent fuel? and what should congress' first step be, and is there any action we shouldn't take that we should rule out at this stage? that would be my question. do you want to go first, mr. fettus? >> you should start by doing what you're doing today with these tineer kinds of hearings. have additional hearings on the issues that will be complicated like fees. the issue of site selection

andrew -- and is it orrell? with the emphasis on the first or second syllable? orrell. like oral surgery? all right. we'll alternate that. dr. andrew orrell, director of nuclear energy and fuel cycle programs, sandia national laboratories. we'll ask you to hold your statements to about five minutes. if you go way beyond that we'll have to rein you in. we're glad you're here. appreciate your participation and preparation. mr. fettus. [ inaudible ] >> there you go. might want to turn that mike on so we can hear you. >> i thank the chairman and ranking member for inviting nrdc to share its views on the potential legislative outcomes of the president's blue ribbon commission. i've submitted written testimony to be submitted in the record. and i'll focus believely on two points now. point one, in new legislation we urge congress to require standards for sight screening and development criteria be in final form before any interim storage or disposal sites are considered. i was very pleased to hear dr. peterson reiterate that call. we share it. the same is true for generic rad