Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the National Press Club

The Prairie Island power facility
The Prairie Island nuclear power facility near Red Wing, Minnesota.
MPR Photo/Steve Mullis

Live broadcast from the National Press Club. The chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Allison Macfarlane discussues the safety of nuclear power plants and the storage of nuclear waste. Minnesota gets 22 percent of its electricity from nuclear power.

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