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		<title>Law Would Regulate State’s Nuclear Waste</title>
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from Chattanooga Free Times Press, March 24, 2010:
NASHVILLE — Senate Environment Committee members today approved  legislation that the bill’s sponsor, Chattanooga Sen. Andy Berke, says  will stop 20,000 tons of foreign nuclear waste from being stranded in  Tennessee.
The bill bans a practice known as “downblending” in which highly  toxic and radioactive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Committee OKs Berke’s Bill Against Foreign Nuclear Waste</title>
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by TN  Press Release Center on March 23, 2010


Bill to prohibit downblending passes Environment Committee  5-4
NASHVILLE – A Senate committee Tuesday passed a bill sponsored by  Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) to stop 20,000 tons of foreign nuclear  waste from potentially being stranded in Tennessee by prohibiting  nuclear waste “downblending.”
“We’re one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Berke, Rep. Cobb Sponsor Bill To Keep Foreign Nuclear Waste Out Of Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by TN Press Release Center on March 18, 2010

Bill Would Prohibit Nuclear Waste Downblending

NASHVILLE – State Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) and Rep. Ty Cobb (D-Columbia) want to stop 20,000 tons of foreign nuclear waste from potentially being stranded in Tennessee by filing a bill designed to prohibit nuclear waste “downblending.”
“The ramifications of allowing downblended nuclear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/sen-berke-rep-cobb-sponsor-bill-to-keep-foreign-nuclear-waste-out-of-tennessee</link>
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		<title>House Passes Gordon’s Foreign Nuclear Waste Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 2, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved Congressman Bart Gordon’s bipartisan legislation to ban the importation of foreign radioactive waste.  Gordon’s bill, the Radioactive Import Deterrence (RID) Act, H.R. 515, would prevent foreign-generated radioactive waste from being processed in Tennessee and disposed in the U.S.
“The United States stands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon’s Foreign Nuclear Waste Bill Cleared for House Vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved Congressman Bart Gordon’s bipartisan legislation to ban the importation of foreign radioactive waste.  Gordon’s bill, the Radioactive Import Deterrence (RID) Act, H.R. 515, would prevent foreign-generated radioactive waste from being processed in Tennessee and disposed in the U.S.
“We’re the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/gordon%e2%80%99s-foreign-nuclear-waste-bill-cleared-for-house-vote</link>
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		<title>Op-ed: &#8220;Concerns Over Nuclear Waste Importation SHOULD Lead to Ban,&#8221; (The Foundry)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 6, 2009, By Bart Gordon
NOTE: On Wednesday (Nov. 4), the Heritage Foundation published a blog enty in The Foundry entitled “Concerns Over Nuclear Waste Importation Should Not Lead to Ban.”  It was about bipartisan legislation I have authored, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act, and I believed their posting did not accurately reflect the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/op-ed-concerns-over-nuclear-waste-importation-should-lead-to-ban-the-foundry</link>
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		<title>Gordon’s Foreign Nuclear Waste Bill Continues to Advance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 3, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment unanimously approved Congressman Bart Gordon’s bipartisan legislation to ban the importation of foreign-generated radioactive waste for disposal in the United States.
The full Energy and Commerce Committee will consider Gordon’s legislation on Thursday, November 5, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/gordon%e2%80%99s-foreign-nuclear-waste-bill-continues-to-advance</link>
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		<title>Gordon’s Tough Questions Lead to Clarification on Nuclear Waste Import License (VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 26, 2009, WASHINGTON,  D.C. – As a result of  Congressman Bart Gordon’s recent questions to Utah-based  EnergySolutions, the company has now submitted a formal “clarification”  to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission affirming that they did not  have signed contracts to dispose of Italian radioactive waste in the  United [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/gordon%e2%80%99s-tough-questions-lead-to-clarification-on-nuclear-waste-import-license</link>
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		<title>VIDEOS Of Legislative Hearing And Press Conference On Radioactive Import Deterrence Act</title>
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On  October 16, the  House Energy and  Commerce Committee’s    Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment held a legislative hearing   on the Radioactive Import Deterrence (RID) Act, bipartisan legislation that   I authored.  The RID Act would ban the importation of  foreign-generated    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wastefreetennessee.com/videos-of-legislative-hearing-and-press-conference-on-radioactive-import-deterrence-act</link>
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		<title>Gordon: Action by Congress Needed to Stop Nuclear Waste Imports</title>
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October 16, 2009, WASHINGTON,  D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart  Gordon’s bill to ban imports of nuclear waste got a boost today when an  official from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed the agency  currently lacks the power and authority to stop imports and disposal of  foreign-generated radioactive waste in the United [...]]]></description>
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