Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1984: Department of Energy pt. 3. Nondepartmental witnesses

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Page 1296 - This report confirms that procedures used by the Navy to control releases of radioactivity from US Naval nuclearpowered ships and their support facilities are effective in protecting the environment and the health and safety of the general public.
Page 778 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 777 - Administration (SWPA) carries out the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, and Section 302 of the Department of Energy Organization Act. These Acts authorize the...
Page 1272 - Discharges of radioactivity from ships occur primarily when reactor coolant water expands as a result of being heated to operating temperature; this coolant passes through a purification system ion exchange resin bed prior to being transferred from the ship. The principal source of radioactivity in liquid wastes is from trace amounts of corrosion and wear products from reactor plant metal surfaces in contact with reactor cooling water. Radionuclides with half -lives greater than one day in these...
Page 665 - The interest rate to be used in plan formulation and evaluation for discounting future benefits and computing costs, or otherwise converting benefits and costs to a common time basis, shall be based upon the average yield during the preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United States which, at the time the computation is made, have terms of 15 years or more remaining to maturity: Provided, however, That in no event shall the rate be raised or lowered more than one-quarter...
Page 1295 - No increase of radioactivity above normal background levels has been detected in harbor water where US Naval nuclear-powered ships are based, overhauled, or constructed. 3.