Fields, K. E., General Manager__ Davis, W. Kenneth, Director, Division of Reactor Development_ Libby, Dr. Willard F., Commissioner_. Mitchell, William, General Counsel. Murray, Thomas E., Commissioner_ Price, Harold L., Director, Division of Civilian Application_. Vance, Harold S., Commissioner.. TESTIMONY OF INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER WITNESSES Berard, Arthur, president, National Electrical Manufacturers Associa- 255 Berry, William H., chairman, executive committee, Nuclear Insurance 140 Black, Kenneth E., Nuclear Energy Property Insurance Association_. Cohen, Howard, counsel, Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corp. Davenport, Dr. Lee L., president, Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corp_-_. Freer, Gail L., personnel director, Rural Cooperative Power Associates_ Gastambidi, Carlos, president, Monroe Industrial Union Council__. Hann, Victor A., on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers__ Haugh, Charles J., Nuclear Energy Liability Association__. Jennings, John, president, Local 1004, United Papermakers and Paper- 270 Kelly, Ambrose, general counsel, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insur- 208 McCune, Francis K., vice president, General Electric Co., accompanied by William Kennedy, general counsel of the atomic products division, Sigal, Benjamin, general counsel, International Union of Electrical, Radio, 259 Slowter, Edward E., on behalf of Battelle Memorial Institute__ 241 Stanifer, Joseph R., president, Local 1000, United Papermakers and Paper- 269 Yount, Hubert W., Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pool and the AEC research and development projects on reactor hazards descrip- AFL-CIO executive council, statement by, on atomic breeder reactor, Anderson, Hon. Clinton P., statement on bill to estabilsh reactor safe- Berry, William H., chairman, executive committee, Nuclear Insurance Black, K. E., president, Home Insurance Co., letter from, to JCAE, Butler, R. H., secretary, Travelers Insurance Co., letter from, to George Davenport, Lee L., president, Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corp., letter Durham, Hon. Carl T., letter from, to Chairman Strauss, AEC, regarding Elk River and Commonwealth Edison premiums, comparison of------ Hann, Victor A., National Association of Manufacturers, letter from, to Haugh, Charles J., vice president, Travelers Insurance Co., letter from, Information and comments on status of AEC regulations and policies Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, title 10, chapter I, part 47 269 7 168 141 131 121 86 254 52 3 117 37 186 87 121 54 237 55, 66 44 157, 158, 160 Nuclear Energy Liability Association, memorandum on S. 715 and amend- 107 226 119 Nuclear energy liability policy. Policy of nuclear energy property insurance (specimen) Press release from Joint Committee announcing hearings_. Ramey, James T., Executive Director, JCAE, letter from, to K. E. Fields, General Manager, AEC, concerning arrangements and scope of AEC's S. 715 and amendments thereto, recommended by the AEC--- S. 715 (H. R. 1981), a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954__. Analysis of proposed redraft of S. 715 (H. R. 1981)_. S. 1684, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended, with respect to procedures on applications for facility licenses, and for other Standards for Protection Against Radiation, title 10, chapter I, part 20 Strauss, Lewis L., Chairman, AEC, letter from, to Hon. Carl T. Durham, chairman, JCAE, regarding recommendations for amendments to S. 715 Yount, Hubert W., vice president, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., letter 66 78 130 GOVERNMENTAL INDEMNITY AND REACTOR SAFETY MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1957 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in room 362, Old House Office Building, Representative Carl T. Durham, of North Carolina (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Durham, Holifield, Price, Kilday, Cole, Van Zandt, and Jenkins; Senator Anderson. Also present: James T. Ramey, executive director; George E. Norris, Jr., committee counsel, and George E. Brown, Jr., David R. Toll, Hal Hollister, professional members of the staff. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order. This is the first day of public hearings by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on proposed legislation to provide governmental indemnity against reactor hazards. Specifically, the committee will consider H. R. 1981, introduced by Representative Price, and S. 715, introduced by Senator Anderson. These bills are identical with the committee bill reported out in the last session of Congress, with the addition of some minor changes which were adopted by the committee as an amendment to the original committee bill. Extensive hearings were held in the last session on this proposed legislation, during which much of the basic ground was covered. I believe the most productive way to proceed in the current hearings is to avoid repetition of the matters which were adequately covered in the previous hearings and confine the discussion to changes in the proposed legislation which are considered necessary. In addition, the committee would like to receive information on matters which were inadequately touched upon in the last session, or were not covered at all. In particular, the committee believes it important to develop information on private insurance rates and the type of coverage which will be available to various groups such as industry, educational institutions, and nonprofit research organizations. The committee is also looking forward to developing more definitive information on the probabilities of reactor accidents and possible extent of damage. I am glad to report, in this connection, that the committee has received over the weekend a comprehensive study on this matter which it had requested from the Atomic Energy Commission last summer. I might emphasize, at this point, that the chief reason the committee asked the Commission to make this study was to assist in setting the whole matter in better perspective. The committee has been con 1 |