As they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. If we come down here, we can see theyve built up a bit of a barricade here, these protesters. This is where theyve retreated to because at the other end of the street, where these flashing lights are, is where the police are at. Talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers are adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow. More than 170 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have been cancelled. And coming up in sportsday in half an hour, well have the latest from birmingham as england take control of the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good evening. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of Whaley Bridge have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam, causing serious flooding and endangering life i
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 countrys electric generation. I believe it is a vital part of our mix. The large reactionors that dot the landscape provide Reliable Energy across our country. Our Nations Nuclear energy is critically important but it faces challenges and one that has impacted it since the first reactors began operation. The Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act in 1982,
This hearing is an opportunity for us to consider the next steps on Nuclear Waste. Do we try to find another pass forward especially for communities are maintaining sites with the fuel caps left on hand in 2010 they convened a blue River Communications to manage the cycle. They had a number of recommendations that led to the introduction of the Nuclear Administration waste act. This legislation has been led by number of members including senator alexander, both on this committee, i have been a sponsor of the legislation with senators alexander and senator feinstein. And my partners on energy and water appropriations subcommittee for multiple congresses now. Weve been at this for a while and i think it is fair to say that we would like to put something behind us at some point in time, sooner rather than later. Our legislation aims to move the process forward so we can move used to fuel to a permanent repository. Our bill creates a Nuclear Waste administration to oversee consentbased soc
This hearing is an opportunity for us to consider the next steps on Nuclear Waste. Do we try to find another pass forward especially for communities are maintaining sites with the fuel caps left on hand in 2010 they convened a blue River Communications to manage the cycle. They had a number of recommendations that led to the introduction of the Nuclear Administration waste act. This legislation has been led by number of members including senator alexander, both on this committee, i have been a sponsor of the legislation with senators alexander and senator feinstein. And my partners on energy and water appropriations subcommittee for multiple congresses now. Weve been at this for a while and i think it is fair to say that we would like to put something behind us at some point in time, sooner rather than later. Our legislation aims to move the process forward so we can move used to fuel to a permanent repository. Our bill creates a Nuclear Waste administration to oversee consentbased soc
Jonathan hoenig and john layfield. Oil spiking more than 5 , partly on the basis of the rising tensions in the midpeeeast as t president says whether it was a mistake or not, the u. S. Could take some kind of action. I find it hard to believe it was intentional, if you want to know the truth. I think that it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid that did it. Well be able to report back and youll understand exactly what happened but it was a very foolish move. That i can tell you. This is a new wrinkle, a new fly in the ointment what happened, shooting down the drone. This country will not stand for it. That i can tell you. David lets bring in heritage foundations jim carafano. Good to see you. How should the u. S. Respond . Well, theres two things here. One is, we have to keep the straits open. We have the military capacity in the theater to do that. We dont have to respond. The second is we got to keep the pressure on iran and what helps with that is building up internatio