ML19289G119
| ML19289G119 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/16/1979 |
| From: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Gilinsky V, Hendrie J, Kennedy R NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 7906260470 | |
| Download: ML19289G119 (3) | |
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SUBJECT:
UDALL CC:NITTEE It;VESTIGATIO UHEARIt;3S INTO THE TMI-2 b
ACCIDENT AtiD tiUCLEAR PCLICY ISSUES H
iy As indicated in the enclosed press release, the Subcc aittee on Energy I
and the Environment of the House Cc~:itte< an Intariar and Insular Affairs has created a task force to inves ate tne TT*i-2 accident and intends to hold a series " hearings on L
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the task force's investigatio'is.
In additiu to the."z:rbers idantified in the enclosure, Rep. Richard Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Bruce Vento (D-Minn.)
will serve on the ta.;k force.
The hearings are expected to address the following:
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Three Mile Island and huclear Reactor Safety - May 21 and 2" The Subcorrnittee will look at the effects of the TMI-2 accident on:
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modification of I&E inspection prccedures and the residen' inspector program, and c.
standardization of plant designs.
e The Comissioners will be invited to testify at the May 21 hearing.
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Nuclear Regulation--Licensing, Siting, etc. - June 4 and 5 1.1.-.
The Subconnittee is expected to address the relationship between
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the regulatory orocess, and off-site emergency planning. Tne Comissioners will be invited to testify-af the, June 4
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The Subcommittee will consider the types of threats and the ability ^ of the regulations to protect nuclear materials and facilities. The Subcommittee will also consider if 000 F
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process naval reactor fuel. The Commissioners will be invited to testify on June 11.
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Nuclear Waste Storage and Regulation - June 25 and 28 E
These hearings will cover all aspects of the nuclear waste problem including Federal management of waste and State participation in siting of waste storage facilities and regulation of waste transportation. The Commissioners will b
be. invited to testify on June 25.
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Price-Anderson Act and Nuclear Liability - July 9 Liability limitations and financial protection will be covered; consideration will be given to accidents which the Act does not cover, including those at waste storage facilities. The Commissioners will be invited to testify.
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Nuclear Economics - July 12 Comparison of total nuclear power costs (including decem-i missioning and waste disposal) with electric power produced by coal.
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National, Regional Power Needs Through 2000 - July 16 E
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an tvaluation of electric power needs over the next twenty years.
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Nuclear Prcliferation - July 18 and 19 Overall proliferation policy and issues will be reviewed. The Commissoners will be invited to testify on July 18.
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FOR RELEASE:
CONTACT; Hay.',, 1979 Karen Scatcs (202-225-2943) 1 T:DALL SEIS M;CLE3R AGDIA, :"AiES Tr~;EE-C.II PANI'L
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Chr 4 m I: orris K. Udall of the Ecuse Co....ittee en Interior andInsular Affairs I
has annc:Wra en agenda for a cccprinnsive revicw cf the natien's nuclear policy ard, I
i the creatica of a task force cf Ccarittee rc"hars to investicate the accident at the i
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Peter H. Ecstrayer, C-?a., Jc ry Huckaby, J-La., Efwa'-d J. "'-' 'f, D-fa.33., Dan 1:ar--
"-tt, R-Utah, tlic%ey T.i. ards, R-Ckla., and (anuel Lujan, Jr., R-M. Fex., wi11 cc~luct
- i 4 ~/iews with reactcr cce.ratcr3 cnd other Threa-Mile 1 land staff, of fir 4 s of :iet- {
. rc, olitar Edisca, Fdccck a.9. 'iillecx, the '. celer F.::ulatory Cc=aissicn, th2 State of j i re nsylvania, and the ccnnnities in the vicinity of the nuclear plant.
-1 Udall said the purpose cf the ccaferences end inte:vic.s would be to cer. mile 2
=i 4! thrcugh record to be used in the E 2rgy and Envircrrent Subccr-ittee's censidaratica i of the nuclear safety issuc. The task forca will ccaduct its inte views, :nectings, i
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t'c-hers of the Subcc ritteei
! w;11 visit the ThreMule Isird facility cn May 7 as part of its ir.cuiry.
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a U%11 alco a:r.cunced a eight-part set of hearings en all ascec s of the nuclear
, ; clicy of the natien and said he inter. dad to ha'te the Sh itten prcrared to werk 4 fo'l.ic;f ng the haarings.
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June 25, 20 Q c h r Nasta Stcrag2, regulaticn
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r" "At this tire I do not belicve it 2%. iate to attc=rt to structure with preci..
J sicn the s c:rrittee's cetivities afte cc~ leticn of the investigative stage of h
1 ciu rev4.s en nuc%, policy issues," Uda11 said.
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" Folic;,ing the ccaplaticn of hearings a:~.d 'he field trips (trips are heing schtd,
j ulc ' in July to visit n"-1r vaste E'd 1 N es in H nford, Washingt,1, and Idcho Falls <
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