Governmental Indemnity and Reactor Safety: Hearings Before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session. March 25, 26, and 27, 1957Considers legislation (85 S. 715, H.R. 1981) to establish Federal policy for nuclear power plant accident liability insurance. |
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... permit staff review over the weekend prior to the March 25 hearings.1 I think it would be helpful , as in the case of 202 hearings , if our staff could get together soon to discuss arrangements for the hearings and the general scope of ...
... permit staff review over the weekend prior to the March 25 hearings.1 I think it would be helpful , as in the case of 202 hearings , if our staff could get together soon to discuss arrangements for the hearings and the general scope of ...
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... permit issued under section 185 shall , and each license issued under sections 53 , 63 , or 81 may , have as a condition of the license a requirement that the licensee have financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the ...
... permit issued under section 185 shall , and each license issued under sections 53 , 63 , or 81 may , have as a condition of the license a requirement that the licensee have financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the ...
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... permitting partial payments to be made before final determi- nation of the total claims , and an order setting aside ... permits under section 185 , the Commission is authorized to reduce the fee set forth above . The Commission shall ...
... permitting partial payments to be made before final determi- nation of the total claims , and an order setting aside ... permits under section 185 , the Commission is authorized to reduce the fee set forth above . The Commission shall ...
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... permits or licenses to operate nuclear reactors . These procedures are intended to help increase public knowledge of reactor safety problems and control , and also to help assure fair and impartial administrative actions on applications ...
... permits or licenses to operate nuclear reactors . These procedures are intended to help increase public knowledge of reactor safety problems and control , and also to help assure fair and impartial administrative actions on applications ...
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... permit issued pursuant to section 185 , of this Act . " " ep . The term ' nuclear incident ' means any occurrence within the United States causing bodily injury , sickness or disease , including death resulting there- from , hereinafter ...
... permit issued pursuant to section 185 , of this Act . " " ep . The term ' nuclear incident ' means any occurrence within the United States causing bodily injury , sickness or disease , including death resulting there- from , hereinafter ...
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Page 171 - ... d. a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; e.
Page 68 - Byproduct material" means any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material...
Page 57 - Government agency" means any executive department, commission, independent establishment, corporation, wholly or partly owned by the United States of America which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government; (7) "Individual" means any human being; (8> "Licensed material...
Page 136 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 136 - The appraisers shall first select a competent and disinterested umpire; and failing for fifteen days to agree upon such umpire, then, on request of the insured or this Company, such umpire shall be selected by a judge of a court of record in the state in which the property covered is located.
Page 72 - As used in the regulations in this part, "survey" means an evaluation of the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions. When appropriate, such evaluation includes a physical survey of the location of materials and equipment, and measurements of levels of radiation or concentrations of radioactive material present.
Page 173 - public liability' means any legal liability arising out of or resulting from a nuclear incident, except claims under State or Federal Workmen's Compensation Acts of employees of persons indemnified who are employed at the site of and in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs, and except for claims arising out of an act of war. 'Public liability...
Page 53 - Because It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the executive branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters, and because it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed...
Page 136 - ... within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in writing by this company, shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating the knowledge and belief of the insured 'as to the time and origin of the fire; the interest of the insured and of all others in the property ; the cash value of each item thereof, and the amount of loss thereon...
Page 106 - The effective date and hour of cancellation stated in the notice shall become the end of the policy period. Delivery of such written notice either by the named insured or by the company shall be equivalent to mailing.