Featured Senate hearings: Environment Committee to explore nuclear safety

In light of the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima reactor, the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works will lead an exploration of nuclear safety in the United States next Tuesday.

Senate committees next week will also take up the issue of funding for NASA, U.S. forces on the South and North Korean border, and deficit reduction efforts. Below is a list of featured hearings for next week:

Senate Appropriations, subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

April 11, "Hearings to Examine Proposed Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2012 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)"

4 p.m., 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Armed Services

April 12, "to Examine U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012"

10 a.m., 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Environment and Public Works, subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

April 12, "Joint Hearings to Examine a Review of the Nuclear Emergency in Japan and Implications for the U.S."

2:45 p.m., 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Finance

April 13, to examine perspectives on deficit reduction

10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building