ML20154P580

Informs That Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Favorably Reported 2443,as Amended on 800514.Bill Authorizes DOE to Carry Out high-level Liquid Nuclear Waste Mgt Demonstration Project in West Valley,Ny

ML20154P580
Person / Time
Site:	West Valley Demonstration Project
Issue date:	05/15/1980
From:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To:	Ahearne J, Bradford P, Gilinsky V, Hendrie J, Kennedy R NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ENERGY COMMITTEE REPORTS S. 2443 n

The Senate Comittee on Energy and Natural Resources favorably reported V~

S. 2443, as amended, on May 14, 1980.

S. 2443 authorizes the Department of 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.

Attached for your information is a copy of the bill and the McClure (R-ID) amendment which the Comittee accepted.

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which can be replicated for other applications in the' United States; (B) submission jointly by the Department of Energy and the

.11 State of New. York-oftan application for a licensing amendment h 12 as soon as possible with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allowing' 13-for the demonstration;

'34 (C) application of'the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 15 and the Energy. Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, to all aspects

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management of nuclear, wastes in the United States.

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