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Page 14 - Commission on legislation, policies, administration, research, and other matters; (2) establish by regulation or order such standards and instructions to govern the possession and use of fissionable and byproduct materials as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to protect health or to minimize danger from explosions and other hazards to life or property...
Page 14 - Commission issues regulations setting forth the scope, procedure, and limitations of the authority of each such board; b. establish by rule, regulation, or order, such standards and instructions to govern the possession and use of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to promote the common defense and security or to protect health or to minimize danger to life or property; c.
Page 15 - In view of the possible serious consequences of a reactor casualty, it is of utmost importance that the operation of nuclear powered ships be entrusted only to persons whose mental abilities and qualities of judgment are commensurate with the responsibilities involved. Therefore, the Commission commends the policy and procedures in...
Page 12 - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON, DC 20350 23 March 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Sub j : Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier, CVN-70 1.
Page 14 - In view of the excellence and completeness of the Navy's instructions from the standpoint of public safety, the Commission does not now deem it necessary or desirable to issue any Commission rules, regulations, or orders concerning nuclear-powered naval ships. The Commission does not, by reason of this determination, accept responsibility for operational decisions made by the Chief of Naval Operations. We note that your instructions are designed to centralize in your office control over the movement...
Page 16 - The committee reiterates that the prime assurance of safety during building, operating, and repairing nuclear ships at various locations depends upon the proper prior evaluation of potential hazards. This must be done for each new situation and at present, on a case-by-case basis, by persons having a detailed knowledge of the factors influencing reactor safety. This requires that the training of officers and crews of nuclear ships must, continue to emphasize knowledge of reactors and reactor safety....
Page 9 - ... Committee in 1960, Admiral Hyman Rickover reported that a toy manufacturer had marketed a $2.98 model of a Polaris submarine complete with printed instructions based upon official Navy blueprints, thereby disclosing information worth millions of dollars to foreign intelligence services. Said Rickover: "I personally am aghast that this was done, but our internal military controversy is so great there is a tendency for each service wholeheartedly to fight the others in order to achieve its own...
Page 37 - My conclusion, however, that such risks are acceptable, is based on present design standards, maintaining the present care in building these powerplants and testing them, and maintaining careful selection and training of their operating crews. My conclusion would change if the standards were relaxed. We...
Page 7 - In fact a sheet of instructions accompanying each of these $2.98 models states that it is built in strict accordance with official Navy blueprints; that the Electric Boat Co. furnished complete and accurate data; that it is a complete and authentic accurately scaled model incorporating all the interior details of the actual submarine. If I were a Russian I would be most grateful to the United States for its generosity in supplying such information for $2.98.
Page 12 - Foci of the study are the current guides used by the Federal agencies on an interim basis in connection with these radionuclides. These are based on recommendations of the National Committee on Radiation Protection and Measurements.