Reauthorization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 and Nuclear Emergency Planning: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, May 6 and 7, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 445 pages |
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Page 197 - NRC that the state of onsite and off site emergency preparedness provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.
Page 204 - To prevent nuclear accidents as serious as Three Mile Island, fundamental changes will be necessary in the organization, procedures and practices -- and above all — in the attitudes of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, to the extent that the institutions we investigated are typical, of the nuclear industry.
Page 57 - The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 assign the Nuclear Regulatory Commission important responsibilities.
Page 200 - Safeguards for a report and without prior public hearing, upon finding that there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered.
Page 193 - OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN B. BREAUX, US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Senator BREAUX.
Page 324 - Commission would remain obligated to determine that there is reasonable assurance that the public health and safety will be adequately protected. If the Commission, for whatever reason, cannot find that the statutory standard has been met, then the license cannot be issued.
Page 128 - The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report shall contain sufficient Information to assure the compatibility of proposed emergency plans with facility design features, site layout, and site location with respect to such considerations as access routes, surrounding population distributions, and land use.
Page 331 - Respondents appear to concede as much. Respondents do broadly argue, however, that although safety regulation of nuclear plants by States is forbidden, a State may completely prohibit new construction until its safety concerns are satisfied by the Federal Government. We reject this line of reasoning. State safety regulation is not pre-empted only when it conflicts with federal law. Rather, the Federal Government has occupied the entire field of nuclear safety concerns, except the limited powers expressly...
Page 180 - ... 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 69 - ... can be initiated early to resolve these new problems and thereby reduce the risk to public health and avoid unnecessary plant shutdowns. The major emphasis of Nuclear Safety Research will continue to be the early Identification and resolution of operational safety Issues. The FY 1989 research efforts will also contribute to the technical basis the NRC needs to evaluate independently the adequacy of the Department of Energy's program for a geologic repository for high-level waste. We believe that...