. >> can you bring us up to date on yucca mountain? >> as far as i know, what is happening is that this is before the courts and we're waiting the decision of the >> we believe this still is the law the land. you have to start forward. how much you would estimate it would cost to get this project o moving forward? >> i would have to get back to order t is to proceed, we'll proceed. i can get back to you on the exact details. >> we understand it's around $100 million to get started. now tell us about your blue ribbon commission. what recommendations do they have on nuclear waste? >> well, what they recommended is, first, they -- as we all do acknowledge that we have to solve thisd it very important t do solve the problem. i commend them for the excellent job. one of the things they noted is that other countries have done it in different way, notably sweden. they think also finland has gone a different way. and so what they found was that -- >> can you tell us what those ways are? >> yes. sweden set up a public-private type of company. i

i put yucca mountain in the same box. the administration is facing billion dollars to accommodate them under read, mind you not on any sound scientific ground, which you yourself have that, mr. secretary. now your budget request contains funding for projects to implement some blue ridge is commission recommendations. recommendations which congress has not left either in whole or in part. as a current law, the land is for waste disposal at yucca mountain. we need to hear from you if the administration is proposing any legislative changes to authorize the recommendations. i am more positive note, you would make tough decisions to support the nuclear security programs at the nsa, decisions which this country has been gaining for some time. nuclear security programs are the most vital mission within your portfolio. i have significant concerns about the administration's recall for reduced military spending, we showed last year that our national security can be sustained and even improved with less money. they will be the admin

is yucca mountain disposal site operational? >> no, it's not operational and not within the budget of the national nuclear security administration. but i'm sure whoever wrote that question there's a big debate about what to do with yucca mountain. around the country, this isn't something i cover directly but something you can't avoid it. around the country we have got tons of nuclear waste from the commercial nuclear agency that's sitting at various sites. we need to find a disposal path. that's the debate over yucca mountain. the place for years, you know, we thought we'd put it. obviously the obama administration reversed course. got a lot of republicans especially in the house that are pressing for reversal of that decision. it's in the courts right now. so we'll see that sorts out. >> yucca mountain is outside the jurisdiction of the nnsa. >> yeah, it is. nnsa is not into the disposal of commercial nuclear waste or anything like that. it's really -- the agency i cover is really about how do we maintain the stockpile that we

is yucca mountain nuclear disposal site operational? >> no, it's not. it's also not within the budget of the national nuclear security administration. but i'm sure whoever wrote that question knows there's a debate about what to do with yucca mountain. you can't avoid this, around the country we have tons of nuclear waste from our nuclear energy that's sitting at various sites and we need to did pose -- find a disposal path. that's the place for years we thought we were going to put it. obviously the obama administration reversed course. got a lot of republicans, especially in the house, pressing for a reversal of that decision and it's in the courts right now. we'll see how that sorts out. >> yucca mountain is outside the jurisdiction of the nnsa? >> it the. nnsa is not into the disposal of commercial nuclear waste or anything like that. it's really about the agency i cover is really about how do we maintain the stockpile that we have? there's -- it's kind of the other mission of securing nuclear material around the word, making sure that it's safe. th

the chairman notesed some areas of concern, particularly the department's decision in actions on yucca mountain. i speak for myself when i indicate that i shared his concerns in that regard. i would also add my very serious reservations about the inclusion

it is my opinion that the decision congress made back in the 1980s to use yucca as our national nuclear waste repos torre is still the law of the land. again, want to welcome secretary chu to the committee. we look forward to your statement. thank you. >> thank you, mr. dicks. mr. secretary, thank you for being with us. we welcome your remarks and your entire statement will be included in the record. >> is that better? >> yes. >> perfect. thank you. chairman and ranking member and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss department of energy's fy-13 budget request. to promote economic growth and strengthen our security, president obama called for an oil strat zwla develops every source of american energy. the president wants to fuel our economy with domestic energy resources while increasing our ability to compete in the clean energy race. the department's fy-13 budget request of $27.2 billion is guide by the president's vision, our 2011 strategic plan and our technology review. it supports leadership in clean energy technologies, science and innovation and nuc

we'll see how that sorts out. >> yucca mountain is outside the jurisdiction of the nnsa? >> it the. nnsa is not into the disposal of commercial nuclear waste or anything like that. it's really about the agency i cover is really about how do we maintain the stockpile that we have? there's -- it's kind of the other mission of securing nuclear material around the word, making sure that it's safe. that's been a big agenda of the obama administration, as well. so you see a lot of funding go towards efforts overseas to make sure that things are safe overseas. >> you mentioned a lot of this is classified, so you're reporting on a topic that's charging for a reporter to delve into. how close have you gotten to the story? have you ever been able to visit the sites, have you seen teams in action? >> i've been to five of the eight sites so far. i've been to lawrence livermore national laboratory. there's certain things i can see and certain things i can't. if i go to los almos, i was not able to see them building pits. right now they call it the plutonium center of excellence and they are in c

. >> host: local issue in nevada is yucca mountain. do you think yucca mountain should be used for nuclear waste storage? >> guest: well, certainly we should explore the opportunities that yucca mountain has made available to the american people and to the people of nevada. as you know, that's a secure site. it always has been a place where if we have something that was volatile and shouldn't be open to the world to explore, that's a good place to put it. and also we need to think about what the potentials are there for nevada if we have scientists that are already there developing how we can use the waste products, can we recycle those, is there technology out there? and i discuss that in the book, yes, there is some technology out there that really does begin to answer the questions what are the opportunities with nuclear, and what are the opportunities for nevada with the nuclear energy industry? >> host: sharron angle, in the book "right angle," what's one of the social issues you discuss? >> guest: of course, the social issues tha

it said that we can't, we're not disregarding yucca. we have so much nuclear waste, we need a second long-term geological repository. >> right. >> that's what it said. >> they did say that, and we welcome a local community support. >> so you'll welcome nye county when they come visit you? >> may i very briefly answer? >> go ahead. >> again, i think we need to set up a procedure so that we can deal with this thing as rapidly as possible, and so -- >> i would hope you'd consider nye county. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i regret our ranking member from california on our side is not here because i knows this is not ways and means committee, but, you know, i know california benefits from the high-tech industry and motion picture industry, and they've been pretty financially successful, and i don't know if we're going to take away their incentives to produce their products in our country like i hear all the time on oil and gas. i'd like to have those incentives continu

as a review, yucca mountain is by law defined as a place where we should put high level nuclear waste. curm there is no nuclear waste on site, the waste would be stored 1,000 feet under ground. the way would be 1,000 feet above the water table because it's in a desert. and the waste is 100 miles from the colorado river. now compare that to the nuclear waste that is at a location called fort st. vrain. currently there are 30 million tons of uranium of spent fuel on site. the waste is stored above ground in vaults. the waste is less than 258 feet above the ground water. and the waste is one mile from the south platte river. a mile from the south platte river, 100 miles from the colorado river. so part of this debate is why haven't we moved and complied with federal law? we all know that. the senator from the state of nevada who's made it his personal crusade to block our ability to proceed and has blocked funding for the final scientific study. so let's look at -- this whole debate has moved into the political arena, not the arena of law. and in the u.s. senate you really need 60 votes

we will not be selling products such as yucca. security was another concern an issue, not something we will be addressing and focusing on, to make this a secure and safe place for people to shop. cars are another issue that was raised. we want to see if we can buy a car shares for the community. i know larry spoke of the size of our store. we do not need to take the whole space. we are taking roughly 2/3 of it. we have created a sublet space. we have had great discussions and are working through a letter of intent with mission neighborhood centers as a potential adjoining tenant, which we are really excited about and hopefully we can bring to fruition. with that said, we would also like to work with the local business to have vendor workshops to understand there are products and services they may be able to incorporate. we can see if that is a possibility. in a nutshell, this is kind of the property side of where we have been and what we have tried to accomplish. unless you have questions, i will turn it over to my counterpart, ro

could be made from a part of the country they represent with me to discuss a little bit more about yucca terran burke's past and its development as the capital of the urals is maxime hummock of he is vice rector here at the ural federal university. if we start off back in the past the discovery of the huge mineral wealth that there is around here perhaps you could talk us through the developments of the city from its early origins right well the the history of mining here into the ocean here goes down to the late seventeen early eighteenth century and we can track it up to remove experimentally one of the most to reach people here in russia and they built a lot of factories here you know not only in your kitchen were bought in the region and then in thirty's you're into salvi it's a who in the consumers they created a lot of heavy engineering tractor is you know so this was the era of stalin's industrialisation so we take that up too if we'll call it the region's moments of crisis really after the fall of the soviet union in the ninety's and the region i think it's probably fair to say f

there is a big debate about what to do with yucca mountain.ot something i cover directly, but you cannot avoid it. around the country, we have tons of nuclear waste from commercial nuclear energy sitting at various sites. we need to find a disposal path. that is the debate over yucca mountain. for years, we thought we would put it there. the obama administration reversed course. a lot of republicans are pressing for a reversal of that decision. it is in the courts right now. host: if a militant is outside this -- the jurisdiction of the nnsa. guest: nnsa is not into disposal of commercial nuclear waste. it is really about how we maintain the stockpile we have. there are eight sites to run the country tasked with that. there is the other mission of securing nuclear materials around the world to make sure it is safe. that has been the agenda of the obama administration as well. the money goes to efforts overseas to make sure things are safe overseas. host: you mentioned a lot of this is classified. you report on the topic that is challenging to

we have an disagree on the yucca issue. i won't bring that up today but i just want to thank you. i've got a one month old granddaughter, and i want to thank you for your efforts, giving her a shot to enjoy the world when she is my age of 61 that looks something like the one we've got here today. one of my friends across the aisle talked about something ruining the world, and to do some work to make sure it's not ruined by the time she is 60. the work you're doing on solar energy is spectacular. you look at the altar company, the world's most durable store so made in marysville, washington, silicon energy company, doing advanced nanotechnology for lithium ion battery storage energy doing altar capacitors. these are spectacular things you're doing, and because of your success, which i believe we're going to have, my granddaughter is going to have a shot of having a world that looks like the one we've got. and i know you're going to be catching a lot of arrows in your back for those who are naysayers and believe that a negative voice is an american what i believe a positive voice is

also '02 nuclear and why that works 871 about yucca mountain?should that be used for waste storage? >> we should look at the opportunities made available to those in nevada. it is a secure site if we have something that is all a title and should not deal been to explore, that is a good place. if we have scientist better their developing how we can use the waste products, i discuss that. and to answer the questions one the opportunities with the nuclear industry? >> in your buck, what is a social issue? >> >> abortions and marriage are on the four french. for the pro-life we're so angry with obama's the first act is to send money outside of our country for abortion. i did not think there was pro-life before but now i am. not just moral or religion but also just plain common sense. >> what is it like to run against the majority leader? >> guest: and i opening experience. i feel what harry reid did to give the play book for this cycle, he pulled out the stops, every trick in the book and began a message we're not own a hearing from the progress of

i want to enter a recent survey made in nevada regarding the public's view on the yucca mountain. that will be entered into the record. we will keep the record open for 10 days for any additional materials. once again, thank you. we look forward to working with you as we move forward. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> this is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] in 2010, congress responded with the president by passing the dodd-frank act. three key goals to the parts we oversee in the act -- bring transparency and competition to the swaps market two, protect against wall street risk spreading out again over the rest of the economy. 3, and hence margaret at -- market integrity. transparency, while our risk, market integrity. why did transparency really matter? transparency blowers cost our investors. it does in every market. transparency competition -- it could be in the health market, the auto market, the oil market. it lowers some the cost for the people using the products. at nearly $300 trillion,

i want to enter a recent survey made in nevada regarding the public's view on the yucca mountain. that will be entered into the record. we will keep the record open for 10 days for any additional materials. once again, thank you. we look forward to working with you as we move forward. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> this is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> they are not fighting and dying in -- and sacrificing their lives because they are muslim extremist. they are fighting and dying because they want the universal rights and freedoms we guarantee in our constitution. >> if we do not get the international community together in a coalition of the willing soon, we will look back and say we not only did not do the right thing morally to keep in essence from getting killed, we missed an importer and mary -- an important opportunity. >> i want to make a point that the concerns that senator mccain, you, and others have expressed are exactly the concerns of the administration. we are not divided he

the chairman has played a central role in the administration's efforts to close down yacca -- yucca mountain. on december 15, we heard testimony about the abusive behavior of the chairman. his withholding of information from other members of the commission and his abusive personal behavior and intimidation of staff. we heard testimony about the troubling circumstances that led the other four commissioners to write a letter to the white house to tell the president that the chairman's actions are causing serious damage to the nrc. five months after that letter was sent, the president has not responded in a responsible manner. instead of seeking to get to the bottom of these facts, the democrats have circled the wagons to protect the chairman from can it -- from accountability. i am concerned. there are serious problems in the leadership of the commission in the chairman's office. it needs to be confronted. one other thing i would like to say. i think president obama should act soon to ensure that commissioner svinicki is not forced from the commission in june. she is a nuclear engineer. she ha

i would note that the chairman has played a central role in it and astray shins efforts close down yuccamountains repository and endeavored it as it eliminates 25 years of investments, $14 billion in government money that has gone into that. on december 15 we hear testimony about the use behavior of chairman jaczko and his abuse of the law including the unlawful use of emergency powers, is withholding of information from other members of the commission, his abusive personal behavior baker and intimidation of staff and we heard testimony about the troubling circumstances that led the other full commission including those appointed by the president to write a letter to the president, to the white house and told the president that the chairman's actions are quote causing serious damage to the nrc and are creating a chilled working environment" that. gets five months after that letter was sent the president did not respond in a responsible manner and regrettably instead of seeking to get to the bottom of this the present and the senate democrats have circled the wagons to protect the chairma

note that the chairman has played a central role in the administration's effort to close down the yucca mountain repository. an endeavor that essentially eliminates 25 years of investment, $14 billion in government money has gone into that. on december 15, we heard testimony about the abusive behavior of chairman jags could he, his abuse of the -- jass could he, his abuse of the law including use of emergency powers, his abusive personal behavior and intimidation of staff. we heard testimony about the troubling circumstances that led the other four commissioners, including those appointed by the president, to write a letter to the president, to the white house. it told the president that the chairman's actions are, quote, causing serious damage to the n.r.c. and are creating a chilled work environment, close quote. yet five months after that letter was sent, the president has not responded in a responsible manner and regrettably instead of seeking to get to the bottom of these facts, the president and the senate democrats have circled the wagons to protect the chairman from accountabili

and also why would the chairman has played a central role in the administration effort to close down yucca mountain depository and an endeavor that eliminates 25 years of investment, $14 billion in the government money has gone into that. on december 15th we heard testimony about abusive behavior, his abuse of the law including the use of the emergency power as withholding of information from other members of the commission, the abuse of personal the fear and intimidation of staff. we heard testimony about the trouble in circumstances that led to the other commissioners and putting those appointed by the president to write a letter to the president come to the white house that told the president that the chairman of the actions are, quote causing serious damage to the nrc and creating a child work environment. yet five months after that letter was sent from the president has not responded in a responsible manner and regrettably instead of seeking to get to the bottom of the fact, the president and the senate democrats have circled the wagons to protect the german from the accountability. s

he has permanently abandoned the yucca mountain waste site, jeopardizing the future of nuclear energy in this country. imposed a 20-year ban on uranium -- uranium mining, increasing our 90%, already our 90% dependency on foreign sources. and even on renewable energy. this president has closed all but 2% of federal lands from renewable energy development. he's left only -- open only 670,000 of 30 million acres of land for solar development. again, the president claims he is for an all-of-the-above energy strategy. when in fact what we have seen is this president is actually for none of the above. this chart, i know it's impossible to read, details the inaction of this administration, in fact, some very harmful actions to our energy policy where he has stopped, delayed, repealed energy production in this country. and again tonight we're going to be hearing from many members around the country to discuss how we can advance a strong energy policy, one that creates american jobs with american energy, building our energy security for future generations. there is one great way to power our e

we are not disregarding yucca.e have some of its nuclear waste, we need a second depository. >> right. they did say that. and we welcome local community support. >> so you welcomed the county when the come visit you? >> again, we need to set up a procedure so that we can deal with this thing as rapidly as possible. >> i would hope you consider night county -- nig i know this is not the ways and means committee. california benefit from the high-tech and motion picture industry. i do not know if we are going to take away their incentive for producing in their county. i would like to have those incentives continue. let me ask you one specific question. for many years, the university of houston has been doing great work in a field that shows promise. in 2011, the federal government supported the need for continuing signs and development demonstrations in this field to keep the technology leadership in the u.s. the line item for superconductivity technology funding was eliminated two years ago. what is the government an

note that the chairman has played a central role in the administration's effort to close down the yucca mountain repository. an endeavor that essentially eliminates 25 years of investment, $14 billion in government money has gone into that. on december 15, we heard testimony about the abusive behavior of chairman jaczko, his abuse of the law including use of emergency powers, his abusive personal behavior and intimidation of staff. we heard testimony about the troubling circumstances that led the other four commissioners, including those appointed by the president, to write a letter to the president, to the white house. it told the president that the chairman's actions are, quote, causing serious damage to the n.r.c. and are creating a chilled work environment, close quote. yet five months after that letter was sent, the president has not responded in a responsible manner and regrettably instead of seeking to get to the bottom of these facts, the president and the senate democrats have circled the wagons to protect the chairman from accountability. so i'm concerned about it i have to sa

we are not disregarding yucca. we have some of its nuclear waste, we need a second depository. >> right. they did say that. and we welcome local community support. >> so you welcomed the county when the come visit you? >> again, we need to set up a procedure so that we can deal with this thing as rapidly as possible. >> i would hope you consider night county -- nigh county. >> the tournament from texas is recognized for five minutes. i regret that the ranking member from california on our side is not here. i know this is not the ways and means committee. california benefit from the high-tech and motion picture industry. i do not know if we are going to take away their incentive for producing in their county. i would like to have those incentives continue. let me ask you one specific question. for many years, the university of houston has been doing great work in a field that shows promise. in 2011, the federal government supported the need for continuing signs and development demonstrations in this field to keep th