Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1982: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, Part 7

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Page 391 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 356 - Successful development of this breeder cycle will provide the basic technology which would make available for power production about fifty percent of the energy in the nation's thorium reserves, a source of energy many times greater than known fossil fuel reserves.
Page 391 - Disputes" clause does not preclude consideration of law questions in connection with decisions provided for in paragraph (a) above: Provided, That nothing in this contract shall be construed as making final the decision of any administrative official, representative, or board on a question of law.
Page 396 - Provided, however, that any such decision shall be final and conclusive unless the same is fraudulent or capricious or arbitrary or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith or is not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 391 - No Government contract shall contain a provision making final on a question of law the decision of any administrative official, representative, or board.
Page 294 - These ships have steamed a total of more than 40 million miles ; yet there has never been an accident involving a reactor nor has there been any release of radioactivity which has had a significant effect on the environment.
Page 927 - ... (2) encouraging and conducting research and development, including demonstration of commercial feasibility and practical applications of the extraction, conversion, storage, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources...
Page 474 - Claim" means: (1) A written request submitted to the Contracting Officer; (2) For payment of money, adjustment of contract terms, or other relief; (3) Which is in dispute or remains unresolved after a reasonable time for its review and disposition by the Government; and (4) For which a Contracting Officer's decision is demanded.
Page 359 - LUBR core performed satisfactorily and bred as predicted, the basic reactor technology will have been established that could make available for power production about fifty percent of the energy potentially available in thorium reserves.
Page 376 - A generic term embracing all multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise, and which are resorted to by one individual to get advantage over another by false suggestions or by suppression of truth, and includes all surprise, trick cunning, dissembling, and any unfair way by which another is cheated.

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