Senate Committee examines effects of Japanese nuclear reactor failure in Washington

Acting Assistant Energy Secretary Peter Lyons of the Office of Nuclear Energy, (L) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Director for Operations Bill Borchardt testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the recent events at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex because of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 29, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg