AMENDMENTS TO THE PRICE- HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 421 TO AMEND THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 TO MODIFY CERTAIN STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON H.R. 3277 TO IMPROVE THE REGULATION OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWERPLANTS AND TO PROVIDE AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORTS ON THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT OF 1954 HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC Serial No. 98-32 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1984 COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., Texas JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts WILLIAM PATMAN, Texas PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania 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 DON YOUNG, Alaska ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California RON MARLENEE, Montana CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California HANK BROWN, Colorado NOTE: The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman. Jill Lancelot, director of congressional affairs, National Taxpayers 77, 530 Additional material submitted for the hearing record from: Hon. Morris K. Udall, a U.S. Representative from the State of Arizona; and 1. Prepared statement of Hon. Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman... 2. Remarks of Hon. James K. Asselstine, Commissioner, before the Nucle- ar Power Assembly, May 8, 1984. Letter from Hon. Richard H. Bryan, Governor, State of Nevada, to Hon. Barbara Vucanovich, a U.S. Representative from the State of Nevada; and member, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated June 7, 1984, concerning the application of the Price-Anderson Act to high-level nuclear Hon. Shelby T. Brewer, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Depart- ment of Energy: Prepared statement.. 1. Prepared statement of Paul Bardacke, attorney general..... 2. Paper entitled "An Analysis of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and the Dick Nelson, member, Washington State Legislature: Prepared statement...... Hon. Bruce F. Vento, a U.S. Representative from the State of Minnesota; and member, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Article from the Wash- ington Post, December 18, 1983, entitled "Proposal Would Erase Utilities Liability Limit in A-Plant Accidents". American Nuclear Energy Council; Edison Electric Institute; and the Atomic 1. Prepared statement of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., spokesman.. 2. Study entitled "Financial Protection Against Nuclear Hazards: Thirty 4. Letter from National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, to chair- man Udall, dated June 4, 1984, supporting the position taken on extension of The Price-Anderson Act by the American Nuclear Energy Council, and the Atomic Industrial Forum Price-Anderson Contractors policy study: Prepared statement of M.G. John- American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwrit- 3. Report entitled "The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Human Health"... 4. Report entitled "Proof of Causation Through Expert Opinion Evidence 6. Report entitled "A Critical Review of the Probability of Causation 7. Letter from Joseph Marrone, vice president and general counsel, Amer- ican Nuclear Insurers, to Chairman Udall, dated July 24, 1984, trans- mitting additional information requested at the hearing on Price- National Taxpayers Union: Prepared statement of Jill Lancelot, director of 2. Article from University of Michigan, Journal of Law Reform entitled "Abolishing the 'Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence' Threshold of the 5. Document entitled “Unavailable At Any Price; Nuclear Insurance" National Insurance Consumer Organization: Prepared statement of Ron M. Barry P. Brownstein, associate professor of economics, University of Balti more: Page 1. Prepared statement 665 2. Paper entitled "The Price-Anderson Act: Is It Consistent With a Sound Energy Policy" 669 Hon. Edward J. Markey, a U.S. Representative from the State of Massachusetts; and member, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: 1. Report from the Library of Congress entitled “Liability For Nuclear Damages in Various Foreign Countries" 690 2. Report from the Library of Congress entitled "Industry-Protective Limitations on Liability in Federal Statutes and Treaties" 732 Hon. Ted Weiss, a U.S. Representative from the State of New York: Prepared statement..... 745 |