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 ... H.R. 3277 ... 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, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 752 pages |
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... WIPP . For example , a very good example , as a matter of fact . Does that mean that even right now the $ 5 million kicks in in case of an acci- dent in WIPP ? Mr. SALTZMAN . WIPP is a DOE facility . It is not licensed by the NRC , so ...
... WIPP . For example , a very good example , as a matter of fact . Does that mean that even right now the $ 5 million kicks in in case of an acci- dent in WIPP ? Mr. SALTZMAN . WIPP is a DOE facility . It is not licensed by the NRC , so ...
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... WIPP , and that Price - Anderson was strictly a matter of the private utilities . I guess maybe - the reason I am asking that question is because the State in different conversations has asked for a clarification of that , that you have ...
... WIPP , and that Price - Anderson was strictly a matter of the private utilities . I guess maybe - the reason I am asking that question is because the State in different conversations has asked for a clarification of that , that you have ...
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... WIPP . These activities do not now enjoy the ENO provision , because they are neither production fa- cilities or utilization facilities . Those are terms used in the original legislation . We regard this final recommendation as one of ...
... WIPP . These activities do not now enjoy the ENO provision , because they are neither production fa- cilities or utilization facilities . Those are terms used in the original legislation . We regard this final recommendation as one of ...
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... WIPP or other questions ? INCREASING THE LIMIT ON LIABILITY Mr. LUJAN . In increasing the limit of liability from $ 500 to the present - would you have an automatic kick - in to increase it every time a new reactor comes on line ? Mr ...
... WIPP or other questions ? INCREASING THE LIMIT ON LIABILITY Mr. LUJAN . In increasing the limit of liability from $ 500 to the present - would you have an automatic kick - in to increase it every time a new reactor comes on line ? Mr ...
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... WIPP PROJECT The WIPP is a Department of Energy project under construction , located in southeastern New Mexico near Carlsbad . Its purposes are to permanently store transuranic waste [ TRU waste ] and to conduct experiments on the ...
... WIPP PROJECT The WIPP is a Department of Energy project under construction , located in southeastern New Mexico near Carlsbad . Its purposes are to permanently store transuranic waste [ TRU waste ] and to conduct experiments on the ...
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