PROPOSED CHANGES IN AEC CONTRACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED AEC MARCH 7, 8, 26; AND APRIL 18, 1973 Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy 21-710 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHET HOLIFIELD, California TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico SENATE HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri ALAN BIBLE, Nevada JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado EDWARD J. BAUSER, Executive Director JACK BRIDGES, Technical Director-Non-nuclear Energy JOE B. LA GRONE, Congressional Fellow SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee CHET HOLIFIELD, California JOHN YOUNG, Texas MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington CRAIG HOSMER, California MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico Larson, Clarence E., and James T. Ramey, Commissioners, accompanied by Martin R. Hoffman, general counsel; Roger W. A. LeGassie, Deputy Director, Office of Planning and Program Analysis; George F. Quinn, Assistant General Manager for Production and Management of Nuclear Materials; William J. Minsch, Jr., assistant general counsel; and John Larson, Clarence E., Commissioner; Roger W. A. LeGassie, Director of Program Analysis; George F. Quinn, Assistant General Manager for Production and Management of Nuclear Materials; and William J. Larson, Hon. Clarence E., Commissioner; Martin R. Hoffman, general counsel; William J. Minsch, Jr., assistant general counsel; Roger W. A. LeGassie, Deputy Director, Office of Planning and Analysis: George F. Quinn, Assistant General Manager for Production and Management of Nuclear Materials; and John P. Abbadessa, Controller___. WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS Allen, Donald G., vice president, New England Electric System, accom- panied by John J. Kearney, vice president of Edison Electric Institute, 194 Davis, W. Kenneth, chairman, ad hoc committee on resource needs for 44 Roe, Lowell E., chief mechanical engineer of the Toledo Edison Co., bridge; James K. Pickard, Lowe & Associates, Inc.; and Fred Miller, Schmidt-Kuester, Wolf-Juergen, representative of the ministry for research and technology; Heiner Randermann, representative of the foreign office; Hans Struck, representative of the ministry of economic affairs; Manfred Stephany, managing director of Nakem Gmb H: Klaus L. Gottstein, counselor for scientific affairs, the German Embassy, and |