U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
Hearing Statements

Date: 06/22/2006

Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Oversight Hearing on the Regulatory Processes for New and Existing Nuclear Plants

Committee on Environment and Public Works
Oversight Hearing on the Regulatory Processes for New and Existing Nuclear Plants
June 22, 2006
628 Dirksen, 9:30 AM

Opening Statements:

Sen. George V. Voinovich , of Ohio.

Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.

Sen. Johnny Isakson, of Georgia.

Sen. Thomas R. Carper, of Delaware.

Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, of New Jersey.

Witnesses:

Nils J. Diaz
Chairman
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Edward McGaffigan, Jr.
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jeffrey S. Merrifield
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Gregory B. Jaczko
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Peter B. Lyons
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

J. Barnie Beasley
President and CEO
Southern Nuclear Company

David Lochbaum
Nuclear Safety Engineer
Union of Concerned Scientists

Kevin Book
Senior Analyst and Vice President
Friedman Billings Ramsey & Company, Inc.