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AMENDMENTS TO THE PRICE-
ANDERSON ACT OF 1954

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 421

TO AMEND THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 TO MODIFY CERTAIN STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON
THE AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO NUCLEAR INCIDENTS,
TO REMOVE THE STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR A SINGLE NU-
CLEAR INCIDENT, TO LIMIT THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RE-
SPECT TO SUCH INCIDENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 3277

TO IMPROVE THE REGULATION OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWERPLANTS AND TO PROVIDE
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR THEIR SAFE OPERATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND THE

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

AND THE

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

REPORTS ON

THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT OF 1954

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC
JUNE 11, 1984

Serial No. 98-32

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., Texas

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
ANTONIO BORJA WON PAT, Guam
JAMES WEAVER, Oregon
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
JERRY M. PATTERSON, California
RAY KOGOVSEK, Colorado
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
TONY COELHO, California
BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
WILLIAM PATMAN, Texas

PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
JIM MOODY, Wisconsin

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina
JAMES F. MCNULTY, JR., Arizona

RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California

SALA BURTON, California

BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico

MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
Ranking Republican Member
DON YOUNG, Alaska

ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California
DAN MARRIOTT, Utah

RON MARLENEE, Montana
DICK CHENEY, Wyoming

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California
LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

HANK BROWN, Colorado
DENNY SMITH, Oregon
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah
BILL EMERSON, Missouri
JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona
BARBARA VUCANOVICH, Nevada

STANLEY SCOVILLE, Staff Director and Counsel
ROY JONES, Associate Staff Director and Counsel
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel
HENRY MYERS, Science Adviser
TIMOTHY W. GLIDDEN, Republican Counsel

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JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN, J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana

JERRY M. PATTERSON, California
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
WILLIAM PATMAN, Texas

PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
JIM MOODY, Wisconsin

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina

BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico

MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
DENNY SMITH, Oregon
DAN MARRIOTT, Utah
JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona

BARBARA VUCANOVICH, Nevada
HANK BROWN, Colorado
LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California

JAY SIMPSON, Counsel

THOMAS WEIMER, Republican Nuclear Science Adviser

NOTE: The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee

chairman.

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