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, Volume 5 |
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Page 81 - This report confirms that procedures used by the Navy to control releases of radioactivity from US Naval nuclearpowered ships and their support facilities are effective in protecting the environment and the health and safety of the general public.
Page 192 - I have a rather lengthy statement which, with your permission, I would like to insert in the record. I...
Page 49 - 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 74 - For comparison, references 47 and 48 contain evaluations by laboratories of the Environmental Protection Agency and of the Department of Energy of the effects on the environment from the accumulation near points of discharge of radionuclides from several nuclear facilities. The referenced reports conclude...
Page 49 - Procedures used by the Navy to control releases of radioactivity from US Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities have been effective in protecting the environment and the health and safety of the general public.
Page 158 - The contractor will notify each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract understanding, that the contractor is bound by the terms of...
Page 56 - Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities has been less than 0.001 curie per year for all harbors combined. Fallout of these same fission products has often been more than this in one rainfall in a single harbor.
Page 52 - Keeping releases small minimizes the radioactivity available to build up in the environment or to concentrate in marine life. To implement this policy of minimizing releases, the Navy has issued standard instructions defining tne radioactive waste disposal limits and procedures to be used by US Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities.
Page 82 - Occupational Radiation Exposure from US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plants and Their Support Facilities - 1987", JJ Mangeno and AE Tryon, NT-88-2, February 1988. (42) National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Report No., 45, "Natural Background Radiation in the United States,
Page 57 - ... 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.