PROPOSED CHANGES IN AEC CONTRACT
ARRANGEMENTS FOR URANIUM ENRICHING SERVICES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY

OF THE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED AEC
CHANGES IN TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PROVIDING
URANIUM ENRICHING SERVICES TO DOMESTIC AND
FOREIGN CUSTOMERS

MARCH 7, 8, 26; AND APRIL 18, 1973

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY

MELVIN PRICE, Illinois, Chairman

JOHN 0. PASTORE, Rhode Island, Vice Chairman

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

CHET HOLIFIELD, California
JOHN YOUNG, Texas

TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming

MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington
CRAIG HÒSMER, California
JOHN B. ANDERSON, Illinois
ORVAL HANSEN, Idaho

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
WALLACE F. BENNETT, Utah

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

EDWARD J. BAUSER, Executive Director
GEORGE F. MURPHY, Jr., Deputy Director
JAMES B. GRAHAM, Assistant Director

JACK BRIDGES, Technical Director-Non-nuclear Energy
Col. SEYMOUR SHWILLER, USAF (Ret.), Technical Consultant
PETER A. BERNARD, Special Counsel

JOE B. LA GRONE, Congressional Fellow
THOMAS E. MELLOY, GAO Consultant
CHRISTOPHER C. O'MALLEY, Printing Editor

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman

JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri
JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico
GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

CHET HOLIFIELD, California
MELVIN PRICE, Illinois
JOHN YOUNG, Texas

MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington
CRAIG HOSMER, California

MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico

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Price, Hon. Melvin, chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy-

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1973

1

87, 169, 187

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

P. Abbadessa, Controller, Atomic Energy Commission__

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1973

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.

Minsch, Jr., assistant general counsel---

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1973

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,
and Ray A. Hinds, Jr., Yankee Atomic Electric_.
Prepared statement_.

149

194

60

70

Davis, W. Kenneth, chairman, ad hoc committee on resource needs for
nuclear power growth, Atomic Industrial Forum___.

44

Roe, Lowell E., chief mechanical engineer of the Toledo Edison Co.,
accompanied by Gerald Charnoff, of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trow-
bridge; James K. Pickard, Lowe & Associates, Inc.; and Fred Miller,
Toledo Edison Co.......

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
Ekkehard K. Abel, deputy to Dr. Gottstein__.

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