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 256 - The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. MR. GLENN. Mr. President, the distinguished
Page 257 - Jurisdiction or control of the cooperating party without the consent of the United States, and (2) a guaranty by the cooperating party that no material transferred pursuant to the Agreement will be reprocessed without the prior approval of the United States. 42 USC
Page 232 - into a single volume, entitled Report on the Management Structure of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, prepared for the Edison Electric Institute, and with your permission, Mr. Chairman, I would like to submit that report for the record of this hearing.
Page 257 - Hon. DANTE B. FASCELL, chairman. Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This Is in response to your January 29, 1988, letter requesting our analysis of the proposed Agreement for Cooperation between
Page 217 - one must continually question whether the safeguards already in place are sufficient to prevent major accidents. Report of the President's Commission on The Accident at Three Mile Island, Oct. 1979, p. 9, emphasis added.
Page 7 - 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 129 - the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-164),
Page 257 - prescribes nine requirements that must be included in the Agreement. Of concern here are (1) a guaranty by the cooperating party that any material transferred pursuant to the Agreement will not be transferred to unauthorized persons or beyond the Jurisdiction or control of the cooperating party without the consent of the United States, and (2) a guaranty by the cooperating party that no material transferred pursuant to the Agreement
Page 26 - Chairman GLENN. Senator Sasser. Senator SASSER. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I apologize for not being here earlier, and
Page 31 - NRC should not be subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. As a Commissioner, I can hardly be unsympathetic to that point of view, but while