But you can see what happened afterwards. T 2 40 this afternoon. It had been going for about two hours. You can see the charred area. Firefighters say the b b b been squish been extinguished. Thanks for joining us. Now to our other story. Todays earthquakes. I felt this jolt. My front door started shaking. My dog went crazy. The hills in Contra Costa County came alive today. A pair of earthquakes hit. They were felt all over the bay area. This is a closer look where the earthquakes were is there centered on this map near blackhawk and livermore. Our Team Coverage with abc News Reporter lesley brinkley. Reporter well, dan, life goes on for californians who pauseded for an earthquake and then kept right ongoing. Proof is local authorities here in the blackhawk area say they got zero calls from the community about this pair of quakes. We felt a pretty good jolt. We followed our pro cocal and opened up our apparatus bay doors and pull the engines out to make sure they dont get stuck inside
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 attempted several times to address the back end of the fuel cycle, in an effort to resolve earlier stalemate, the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at yuca mountain in nevada beginning in 1988. The governments failure to deliver on this promise is costing taxpayers up to 2 million per day. This hearing is an opportunity to consider the
We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
Search bar. The hearing will come to order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me say good morning and welcome to todays hearing and oversight of the department of research and development enterprise. Welcome mr. Secretary we are delighted that youre here today. As you know this committee has jurisdiction over the department of energy and its a vitally important science in Energy Research and develop activities. The laboratories and facilities i hope much more quickly from now on and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With a budget season, i would like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention and ill start with the good news. Which is despite the ministration best effort to make cuts across the board and develop my programs most actually fared well in the house of representatives and particularly pleased to see the increased to the budget for the loan programs office, both of which have yielded transformative results
Firefighter did. Firefighters did manage to put out the fire before it spread even further, and in marin county officials issued an outdoor burn band because of todays strong winds. People are also being warned to stay away from forested areas where trees or branches could possibly fall from war. Now on the wind, lets bring in our meteorologist mark tamayo and boy mark just driving into work today along the bay bridge. I mean, it was really windy out there. Yes those winds definitely a factor for parts of the bay area this afternoon, heather. We still have wind advisories and high Wind Warnings in place. This is not an extreme wind event in some areas didnt pick up a strong wind at all. But if youre exposed that north wind you definitely notice those winds are really picking up. Now heres the overall set up an area of High Pressures offshore. An area of low pressure is to our east and that pressure difference sets up that northerly wind, which has been ramping up across parts of the ba