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FOREWORD TO VOLUME II

The materials contained in this volume have been compiled for use by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in its consideration of the regulatory program of the Atomic Energy Commission.

CONTENTS

APPENDIX

1. Extracts from the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

2. Extracts from committee reports on 1957 amendments to the Atomic

Energy Act..

3. Extracts from Atomic Energy Commission regulations.

A. Part 2-Rules of Practice..

B. Part 9-Public Records__.

C. Part 30-Licensing of Byproduct Materials_

D. Part 40-Control of Source Materials_

E. Part 50-Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities__

F. Part 70-Special Nuclear Materials

G. Part 115 Procedures for Review of Certain Nuclear Reactors

Exempted From Licensing Requirements..

4. Extracts from the Administrative Procedure Act__

5. AEC regulatory study-----

A. "The Regulatory Program of the AEC"-

B. "Report on the Regulatory Program of the AEC".

6. Extracts from "The Atomic Energy Commission and Regulating Nu-

clear Facilities," by William H. Berman and Lee M. Hydeman, co-

directors of the Atomic Energy Research Project of the University of

Michigan Law School....

7. "The AEC Regulatory Process," memorandum submitted to the

JCAE by William F. Kennedy, Esq., and Fritz H. Heimann, Esq.,

counsel for the General Electric Co., December 1, 1960_-

8. Excerpts from Bureau of Budget management studies of other Federal

regulatory agencies___.

A. Organization and procedures survey of the Interstate Com-

merce Commission

B. Increasing the effectiveness of the Civil Aeronautics Board..

9. Correspondence between the AEC and the executive director of the

JCAE

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A. Correspondence relating to the regulatory workload of the

Commissioners..

B. Letters from the executive director of the JCAE submitting

questions concerning the AEC regulatory process and AEČ

responses thereto..

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575

10. Letter dated December 13, 1960, from Chairman, ACRS, to Chair-

man, AEC, suggesting certain changes in AEC regulatory organiza-

tion and procedures.

590

11. Excerpt from Joint Committee summary-analysis of hearings on

"Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards: Their Basis and

Use"

592

12. Chart showing terms of AEC Commissioners with attachment describ-

ing the professional background of each Commissioner.

13. Selected bibliography on the AEC regulatory process.

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IMPROVING THE AEC REGULATORY PROCESS

APPENDIX 1

EXTRACTS FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954

[The index to the act is reprinted in its entirety. Sections which have been reprinted in whole or in part are indicated in the index by an asterisk]

"Sec. 24. General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General Man

"Sec. 28. Appointment of Army, Navy, or Air Force Officers. "Sec. 29. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.*

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"Sec. 41. Ownership and Operation of Production Facilities.* "Sec. 42. Irradiation of Materials.

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"Sec. 52. Government Ownership of All Special Nuclear Material.*

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"Sec. 53. Domestic Distribution of Special Nuclear Material.* "Sec. 54. Foreign Distribution of Special Nuclear Material.

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