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Speech on the moonshot as part of a variety of for [applause] mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, congressman , scientists,ebb guests and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me a visiting honorary visiting professor, and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress. In a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, and in a decad...

Next, a hearing examines options for temporary and permanent Nuclear Waste storage. Lawmakers considered legislation and the future of the Yucca Mountain site in nevada. Held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, this is about two hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were meeting to examine an issue that weve been at a stalemate for for quite some time. What we should do with the used nuclear fuel that is accumulating at our Nations Nuclear reactors. As a starting point, i think we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our coun...

Senators,kennedy scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me a visiting honorary professor, and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, and in a decade of hope and fear. In an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the great...

What we should do with used nuclear fuel thats accumulating at our Nations Nuclear reactors. As a starting point, we should recognize Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe it is a vital part of our mix. Large reactors that dot the landscape provide reliable power to communities across the country. The Nuclear Industry is critically important, but also faces a number of challenges and one that has impact since the first reactors began operation is Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982, congress has ...

Just get rid of that water by just dumping it somewhere, its unsafe, so today the question is going to be uh, how do we get rid of that water safely . Can we recycle it, can we safely get rid of it . Well, thats the question that were going to be answering in this episode, so stay tuned to find the answer. If youve been following our program, you may have uh seen the episode that weve done on how a reactor works, so you may already know that uh for a reactor to activate we need to put the reactor core, which is where all the nuclear fision happens and all the radio isotopes are made a seven me...