Restructuring of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, April 27 and May 12, 1988 |
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Page 203 - My name is Marcus A. Rowden. I am a partner in the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, resident in the firm's Washington office.
Page 109 - Statement of J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are pleased to be here today...
Page 253 - Among all the factors in making this judgment, foremost consideration will be given to whether or not the reprocessing or retransfer will take place under conditions that will ensure timely warning to the United States of any diversion well in advance of the time at which the non-nuclearweapon state could transform the diverted material into a nuclear explosive device...
Page 7 - In our opinion the Commission is incapable, in its present configuration, of managing a comprehensive national safety program for existing nuclear power plants and those scheduled to come on line in the next few years adequate to ensure the public health and safety.
Page 225 - EEI is the national association of investor-owned electric companies. Its members serve approximately 73 percent of all ultimate electricity customers in the nation. They operate 96 nuclear plants and currently have five additional units under construction.
Page 133 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should be restructured as a new independent agency in the executive branch. a. The present five-member commission should be abolished. b. The new agency should be headed by a single administrator appointed by the President, subject to the...
Page 129 - Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980...
Page 192 - ... introduced by Senators Jackson and McClellan, would make it a crime punishable by a fine and jail sentence for anyone to reveal information, including statements, actions and even how the board members voted on matters of the people's business, from behind the locked doors of the "executive sessions" of the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Power...
Page 172 - NRC staff is not bringing about effective corrective action early on. The same is true for the Rancho Seco event last year, which raises even more serious questions about the NRC's past performance in regulating the Babcock and Wilcox reactors. It is simply not realistic to expect that the NRC will be able to evaluate in a critical and objective manner its own past performance. A Nuclear Safety Board would provide the necessary independence and objectivity. To avoid the proliferation of advisory...
Page 1 - Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 am, in room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. John Glenn, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senator Glenn.