U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman details two Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) hearings he chaired this week in this podcast. The first ENR hearing, held on Tuesday, was in fact a briefing from government, nonprofit, and nuclear industry experts, updating the committee on the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor complex. Thursday, Bingaman chaired a hearing on potential hydroelectricity opportunities in the U.S. Congress continues to negotiate a FY11 federal budget; Bingaman is hoping that a final agreement will be reached soon.