[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       YUCCA MOUNTAIN RESTORATION

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, last week, my home State 
of South Carolina, along with Washington State and the National 
Association of Utility Regulators, headed by Commissioner David Wright, 
scored a victory in the battle for the Yucca Mountain project. A 
Federal court ruled in favor of a plan to continue the nuclear 
repository.
  The President's decision to abandon this project was editorially 
condemned as ``breathtakingly irresponsible'' as billions of dollars 
have already been spent to fund it. Utility customers of South Carolina 
have invested over $1.2 billion. The action also poses a security risk 
at dozens of nuclear waste disposal sites across the country. It means 
that vast amounts of nuclear waste will sit idle at the Savannah River 
site. This is unacceptable.
  Nuclear energy is clean energy. It has provided my home State over 50 
percent of our electrical power for over 30 years, and it is an 
important part of our Nation's energy resources.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th. My sympathies to the family of George Campsen of 
the Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

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