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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... types of disasters analyzed in the OTA report . The North American Electric Reliability Council and the Edison Electric Insti- tute have active in suggesting improvements . However , more could be done by both industry and Government ...
... types of disasters analyzed in the OTA report . The North American Electric Reliability Council and the Edison Electric Insti- tute have active in suggesting improvements . However , more could be done by both industry and Government ...
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... types of attack . The cost of such physical hardening could be a small fraction of one percent of a utility's total costs . The Federal Government could do more . For example , Depart- ment of Energy could play a larger role in working ...
... types of attack . The cost of such physical hardening could be a small fraction of one percent of a utility's total costs . The Federal Government could do more . For example , Depart- ment of Energy could play a larger role in working ...
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... type of transformer , basically — it is the major one . If most of the transformers in the data base which NERC has ... types of transformers that are not generally available , and , as I recall , they were very heavy . If one of them ...
... type of transformer , basically — it is the major one . If most of the transformers in the data base which NERC has ... types of transformers that are not generally available , and , as I recall , they were very heavy . If one of them ...
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... types of equipment that could be knocked out that are as critical as transformers ? Or are they the key items ? Dr. Roy . Those are the key items , and it is particular classes of the transformers and only a certain subset of those . Mr ...
... types of equipment that could be knocked out that are as critical as transformers ? Or are they the key items ? Dr. Roy . Those are the key items , and it is particular classes of the transformers and only a certain subset of those . Mr ...
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... type of geomagnetically induced current . We don't have warning of when a solar storm is coming , when these types of currents will be induced on transmission lines . The equipment is not designed in a way to handle such currents on its ...
... type of geomagnetically induced current . We don't have warning of when a solar storm is coming , when these types of currents will be induced on transmission lines . The equipment is not designed in a way to handle such currents on its ...
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Page 12 - ... first witness, Senator Prouty, to make his statement. STATEMENT OF HON. WINSTON PROUTY, US SENATOR FROM VERMONT Senator PROUTY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am sorry to be late. I had a group of young people from Vermont in my office and I wanted to visit with them. Mr. Chairman, I have a rather lengthy statement which I will not read but ask that it be included in the record. Senator HART. It will be placed in the record. Senator PROUTY. Today I urged President Nixon to designate mercury a hazardous...
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Page 98 - 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...
Page 139 - ... backup equipment has been loaned out. The Defense Production Act and other national emergency laws already permit the government to requisition equipment (with just compensation) needed in case of a threat to the national security, for instance if a key defense facility is blacked out in time of war. There is no general power to intervene in a major economic emergency that has no national security implications, but the legal situation that would pertain is complicated.10 State governments can...