West Valley Demonstration Project Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 3193 and H.R. 6865 ... July 28, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 173 pages |
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activities agreement amendment appropriate Atomic Energy Act authority BATEMAN bill BROOK Center in West Chairman committee CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY CORCORAN demonstration project Department of Energy DEUSTER DINGELL DIRCKS disposal evaluation Federal Government going Governor CAREY health and safety high-level liquid waste high-level waste James Larocca legislation level liquid nuclear level liquid waste level waste LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS liquid nuclear waste low-level waste LUNDINE ment NRC license nuclear fuel cycle Nuclear Fuel Services Nuclear Regulatory Commission nuclear reprocessing Nuclear Service Center nuclear waste management operation OTTINGER preclude problem question radioactive waste reactor regarding remedial action reprocessing plant responsibility Savannah River Senate solidification project solidified waste spent fuel storage pool subcommittee SWIFT tion WARD waste burial ground waste form waste management program waste storage system wastes at West Western New York York Nuclear Service
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Page 14 - ... consistent with the provisions of such international agree2 ment, that the integrity of investments previously made by 3 United States citizens in connection with deep seabed miner4 al exploration and commercial recovery is protected in the 5 implementation of such international agreement. The Secre6 tary shall submit to the Congress, within one year after the 7 date of such entry into force, a report on the actions taken by 8 the Secretary under this section, which report shall include, 9 but...
Page 11 - TO CONGRESS 7 SEC. 302. The Secretary shall periodically report to 8 Congress on the implementation of this title. 9 DEFINITIONS 10 SEC. 303. For purposes of this title: 11 (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of 12 Health, Education, and Welfare, unless otherwise spe13 cifically provided in this title. 14 (2) The term "service center" means the Western 15 New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley, 16 New York. 17 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 18 SEC. 304. For the purpose of carrying...
Page 20 - Code to eliminate unnecessary regulation of motor carriers of property, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tivet of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Motor Carrier Reform 4 Act of 1980".
Page 82 - Second, you are given authority under subparagraph 4 of section 202 over all retrievable surface storage facilities and other facilities authorized for the expressive purpose of subsequent long-term storage of high-level radioactive wastes generated by the administration which were not used for or part of research and development activities.
Page 111 - Congress, within one year, a study to consider the available options, including, but not limited to : (1) Federal technical and financial aid in support of decommissioning highlevel waste disposal operations at West Valley ; (2) Federal operation of the Center for the purposes of decommissioning existing facilities and disposing of existing high-level wastes, including a demonstration program for the solidification of high-level wastes for permanent burial ; (3) Permanent Federal ownership of and...
Page 106 - September 22, 1976, NFS announced its decision to withdraw from the nuclear fuel reprocessing business, citing rising costs and uncertain regulatory requirements as key factors. The biggest reason was stated to be a "drastic increase" in the seismic criteria for the plant.
Page 107 - High-Level Liquid Wastes (HLLW) There are about 560,000 gallons of neutralized radioactive wastes from the reprocessing of uranium-based reactor fuels stored in an underground carbon steel tank at the West Valley site. Approximately another 12,000 gallons of acidic radioactive liquid wastes are contained in a separate underground tank fabricated from stainless steel; this acidic waste was produced during the processing of an experimental thorium-based fuel. The composition of the material in the...
Page 108 - ... by means of external cooling. The major contributors to the radioactivity in the waste tanks at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center are the fission products cesium and strontium, which are by-products of the nuclear fission process. The fuel reprocessing scheme used at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center produced an acidic liquid high-level waste which was neutralized prior to storage in the carbon steel tank to reduce corrosion. This neutralization process, which is also in use...
Page 131 - Act of 1954 or under any other law, contract, or agreement for the operation, maintenance, or decontamination of any facility or property at the Center or for any wastes at the Center. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting any applicable licensing requirement of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. This Act shall not apply or be extended to any facility or property at the Center which is not used in conducting the project. This Act may not be construed...