Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program--1985: Hearing on H.R. 1873 (H.R. 1872, Title IX) Department of Energy Authorization Legislation (national Security Programs) for Fiscal Year 1986 Before the Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, February 22, 1985 |
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Page 107 - This report confirms that procedures used by the Navy to control releases of radioactivity from US Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities are effective in protecting the environment and the health and safety of the general public.
Page 173 - Council stated in ref 4 that its radiation protection guidance did not differ substantially from recommendations of the National Committee on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the International Commission on Radiological Protection, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Page 54 - The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, establish the basic regulatory mission of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Page 81 - ... issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and by other standard-setting organizations is one hundred times higher for tritium than for cobalt 60.
Page 80 - As a result, the radioactivity concentration guide for carbon 14 in its chemical form in air issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and by other standard-setting organizations is three thousand times higher than for cobalt 60.
Page 79 - Radionuclides Reactor coolant also contains short-lived radionuclides with half-lives of seconds to hours. Their highest concentrations in reactor coolant are from nitrogen 16 (7 second half-life), nitrogen 13 (10 minute half-life), fluorine 18 (1.8 hour half-life), argon 41 (1.8 hour halflife) and manganese 56 (2.6 hour half-life). Total shortlived radioactivity released in water in a year to any harbor has been less than 0.001 curie.
Page 79 - For the longest-lived of these, about one day after discharge from an operating reactor, the concentration is reduced to one thousandth of the initial concentration, and in about two days the concentration is reduced to one millionth.
Page 98 - ... twice per year shoreline areas uncovered at low tide are surveyed for radiation levels with sensitive scintillation detectors to determine if any radioactivity from bottom sediment washed ashore. All results were the same as background radiation levels in these regions, approximately 0.01 millirem per hour. Thus, there is no evidence in these ports that these areas are being affected by nuclear-powered ship operations.
Page 84 - RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL During maintenance and overhaul operations, solid low-level radioactive wastes consisting of contaminated rags, plastic bags, paper, filters, ion exchange resin and scrap materials are collected by nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities. These low level radioactive materials from nuclear-powered ships are required to be strictly controlled to prevent loss.
Page 56 - 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...