HR. 8631: TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE PRICE-

ANDERSON ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

POSSIBLE MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THE PRICE-
ANDERSON INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY ACT OF 1957 IN
ORDER FOR PROPER PLANNING OF NUCLEAR POWER-
PLANTS TO CONTINUE WITHOUT DELAY

SEPTEMBER 23 AND 24, 1975

Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $6.50

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Anders, Hon. William A., Chairman, accompanied by Marcus A. Rowden,

Commissioner; Peter Strauss, General Counsel; and Jerome Saltzman,

Acting Chief, Office of Antitrust Indemnity.

Prepared statement_ ____

ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

Fri, Hon. Robert, Deputy Administrator; accompanied by Hudson

Ragan, Acting General Counsel _ _ _ _ _

FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

Hill, Hon. John, Deputy Administrator, accompanied by Paul Dragoumis,

Director, Office of Nuclear Affairs; and Edwin Kuhn, Associate Assistant

Administrator for Energy Conversion ____

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

HEARING OF September 23, 1974

Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska..

Nexon, Hubert H., senior vice president, Commonwealth Edison Co.,

representing the Edison Electric Institute...

Proom, Burt C., general manager, Nuclear Energy Liability-Property

Insurance Association, representing NELPIA and the Mutual Atomic

Energy Liability Underwriters, accompanied by Roy Hammond, vice

president, American Mutual Reinsurance Co., representing_Mutual

Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters [MAELUJ; Joseph Marrone,

general counsel, NELPIA; and Charles Bardes, liability underwriting

manager, NELPIA..

Simpson, John W., chairman, Atomic Industrial Forum, accompanied by

Gerald Fain, chairman, AIF Insurance and Indemnity Committee. -

HEARING OF SEPTEMBER 24, 1975

Allen, William F., Jr., president, Stone and Webster Engineering Corp. --

Dubrow, Morgan D., staff engineer, National Rural Electric Cooperative

Association

Prepared statement.

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Hobart, Lawrence S., assistant, general manager, American, Public Power

Association

210

Prepared statement..

211

Kalmanson, Alvin G., chairman, Committee on Atomic Energy, The

Association of the Bar of the City, of New York.

196

Kepford, Dr. Chauncey, representing the Environmental Coalition on

Nuclear Power, accompanied by Judith Johnsrud, director, Environ-

mental Coalition on Nuclear Power.

Prepared statement...

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