West Valley Demonstration Project Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 3193 and H.R. 6865 ... July 28, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 173 pages |
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Page 12 - ... consistent with the provisions of such international agree2 ment, that the integrity of investments previously made by 3 United States citizens in connection with deep seabed miner4 al exploration and commercial recovery is protected in the 5 implementation of such international agreement. The Secre6 tary shall submit to the Congress, within one year after the 7 date of such entry into force, a report on the actions taken by 8 the Secretary under this section, which report shall include, 9 but...
Page 4 - There are approximately 600,000 gallons of high-level liquid radioactive wastes currently being stored In underground tanks at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley, New York. The...
Page 154 - Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Commerce on the Judiciary, 96th Cong., 1st Sess.
Page 119 - Energy to carry out a high-level liquid nuclear waste management demonstration project at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York.
Page 98 - Second, you are given authority under subparagraph 4 of section 202 over all retrievable surface storage facilities and other facilities authorized for the expressive purpose of subsequent long-term storage of high-level radioactive wastes generated by the administration which were not used for or part of research and development activities.
Page 113 - Congress, within one year, a study to consider the available options, including, but not limited to : (1) Federal technical and financial aid in support of decommissioning highlevel waste disposal operations at West Valley ; (2) Federal operation of the Center for the purposes of decommissioning existing facilities and disposing of existing high-level wastes, including a demonstration program for the solidification of high-level wastes for permanent burial ; (3) Permanent Federal ownership of and...
Page 154 - Issues ~~ Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York" (EMD-77-27, March 8,
Page 155 - Liquid Waste Tanks at the Western New York State Nuclear Service Center, West Valley, New York", AM Davito, et al . UCRL-&2485, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Hay, 1g78. Data. The GAO announces that "stress corrosion cracking not be a potential problem".
Page 145 - Act of 1954 or under any other law, contract or agreement for the operation, maintenance, or decontamination of any facility or property at the Center or for any wastes at the Center. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting any applicable licensing requirement of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. This Act shall not apply or be extended to any facility or property at the Center which is not used in conducting the project. This Act may not be construed...
Page 63 - Peach, director of the energy and minerals division of the General Accounting Office, addressed the question: What will be the cost to the ratepayers if they pay for the entire decontamination process?