Vulnerability of the Nation's Electric Systems to Multi-site Terrorist Attack : Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, June 28, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 151 pages |
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Page 88 - NOTE: OTA appreciates and is grateful for the valuable assistance and thoughtful critiques provided by the advisory panel members. The panel does not, however, necessarily approve, disapprove, or endorse this report. OTA assumes full responsibility for the report and the accuracy of its contents.
Page 84 - Advisory Council MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Michel T. Halbouty Energy Co. NEIL E. HARL Iowa State University JAMES C. HUNT University of Tennessee HENRY KOFFLER University of Arizona SALLY RlDE California Space Institute JOSEPH E.
Page 140 - US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, "Biological Effects of Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields— Background Paper," OTA-BPE53 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office), 1989.
Page 72 - NCS will be to provide necessary communications for the Federal Government under all conditions ranging from a normal situation to national emergencies and international crises, including nuclear attack.
Page 84 - Office of Technology Assessment Congressional Board of the 101st Congress EDWARD M. KENNEDY. Massachusetts, Chairman CLARENCE E. MILLER, Ohio, Vice Chairman Senate ERNEST F.
Page 84 - Board approves the release ot this report. The views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of the Board. OTA Advisory Council, or individual members thereof. Foreword This repon was prepared in the course of the ongoing OTA assessment, "US Energy Efficiency : Pasl Trends and Future Opportunities...
Page 85 - OTA appreciates the generous assistance provided by our workshop participants as well as other individuals who contributed to this report by providing information, advice, and substantive reviews of draft materials.
Page 125 - ... guidance pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended; section 1-103 of Executive Order 12148. as amended, which includes functions continued from EO 11051; section 104(f) of Executive Order 12656; and part 2 of Executive Order 10480. (b) Establishes a Graduated Mobilization Response (GMR) system for developing and implementing mobilization actions that are responsive to a wide range of national security threats and ambiguous or specific warning indicators. GMR provides for a coherent...
Page 117 - ... interconnected utilities create four physically separate, synchronously operated transmission networks: the Eastern Interconnection (or Seven Council Interconnection); the Texas Interconnection; the Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC); and the Hydro Quebec System. DC and AC transmission interties between the networks are limited in location and capacity, with the result that the transmission systems in the United States do not form a single national grid, but rather form three huge, separate...
Page 96 - ... city were flattened.1 The 1988 Armenian earthquake and the recent San Francisco Bay earthquake provide painful reminders of a strong earthquake's capacity to do damage and the importance of good seismic design and construction and emergency preparedness planning to mitigate the impacts (see box A). Earthquakes sometimes result in compound disasters, in which the major event triggers a secondary event, natural or from the failure of a manmade system.