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29 January 2021
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The Biden Administration opposes the use of Yucca Mountain for the storage of used nuclear fuel and is committed to developing safe and workable alternatives, US President Joe Biden s nominee for the position of energy secretary has said. Jennifer Granholm made her remarks at a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to consider her nomination, which was held on 27 January.
Jennifer Granholm during the live-streamed session
The former governor of Michigan told the committee that, as energy secretary, she would focus on three missions: the security of America through the National Nuclear Security Administration and clean-up of its Cold War legacy; supporting the amazing scientific work being done at the Department of Energy s national laboratories and other facilities across the country, including on climate change and emissions reductions; and taking that research to scale and deployment.