U.S. Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works 

*Joint Hearing: Full Committee and

Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety* 

“Oversight Hearing: NRC’s Implementation of the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendations and other Actions to Enhance and Maintain Nuclear Safety”

BACKGROUND: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, will convene a joint hearing to discuss the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) progress on implementing the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations and other safeguards related to nuclear facilities. 

WHEN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013, 10:15 AM ET

LOCATION: EPW Hearing Room
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC

WEBCAST:                    Webcast will be available at http://www.epw.senate.gov starting at 10:15 AM ET

WITNESSES:                 (Order subject to change)

Panel I:

• The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• The Honorable Kristine L. Svinicki, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• The Honorable George Apostolakis, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• The Honorable William D. Magwood, IV, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• The Honorable William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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