AEC Authorizing Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Legislation. 84th- CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 |
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$15 million accelerator ACKER additional Alamos amount APDA Argonne Argonne National Laboratory Atomic Energy Commission atomic power authorization basis believe BLOCH budget building BURROWS Chairman DURHAM charge Chugach committee companies construction contract conventional cooperative DAVIS Electric Elk River engineering equipment experimental facilities FIELDS fuel elements funds GALLAGHER gaseous diffusion Government heavy water homogeneous reactor installation JOHNSON kilowatts loan machine material ment mills National Laboratory natural uranium negotiations nuclear power operation percent period Piqua plant plutonium powerplant present problem processing production Project Sherwood proposed Puerto Rico question RAMEY reactor experiment Representative COLE Representative HOLIFIELD Representative PRICE request research and development second round Senator ANDERSON Senator DwORSHAK Senator GORE Senator PASTORE special nuclear material STARBIRD statement steam subcommittee thing tion type of reactor understand utilities waiver water reactor Wolverine
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Page 608 - Commission has found that the final design provides reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation of the facility in accordance with the requirements of the operating authorization and the regulations in this chapter.
Page 577 - Territories, and subdivisions and agencies thereof, municipalities, peoples' utility districts and cooperative, nonprofit, or limiteddividend associations, organized under the laws of any State or Territory of the United States, for the purpose of financing the construction and operation of generating plants, electric transmission and distribution lines or system* for the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service...
Page 642 - ... b. the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.
Page 15 - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act.
Page 600 - The Committee considers it important that bold steps be taken to advance the development of the fast breeder reactor concept and commends the willingness of the Power Reactor Development Company to risk its capital and prestige in advancing the development of this reactor concept. But the Committee does not feel that the steps to be taken should be so bold as to risk the health and safety of the public.
Page 608 - Act and of the rules and regulations of the Commission, and in the absence of any good cause being shown to the Commission why the granting of a license would not be in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Commission shall thereupon issue a license to the applicant.
Page 642 - ... 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 614 - Part 100, the proposed facility can be constructed and operated at the proposed location without undue risk to the health and safety of the public.
Page 506 - ... nuclear materials, up to an agreed upon amount of money, for a period not greater than 5 years from the issuance of the license to operate the facility. Otherwise full charges will be made, for services and for materials used or sold in accordance with existing Commission policy and practices.
Page 599 - PRDC reactor can be operated at this site without public hazard. 2. It appears doubtful that sufficient experimental information will be available in time to give assurance of safe operation of this reactor unless the present fast reactor program of the AEC is amplified and accelerated as detailed below. 3. It is impossible to say whether or not an accelerated program would give sufficient information to permit safe operation of this reactor at the Lagoona Beach site on the time schedule presently...