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Transmits to Congress 1997 Rept of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on Us Nrc'S Safety Research Program
ML20203L328
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Issue date: 02/24/1998
From: Seale R
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
To: Gingrich N, Gore A
HOUSE OF REP., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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Pretident of the United States Senate WashSgton, DC 20510 Deer Mr. President:

I am pleased to transmit to the Congress the 1997 report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissbn's Safety Research Program.

This report is required by Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 95-209. This report concludes that sovrre s budget reductions are causing

( substantial deterioration of the intomationally respeded capability of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct a forward leoking, effective safety research program.

Sincerely, R. L Seale Chairman

Enclosure:

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....* February 24,1998 The Honorable Newt Gingrich Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker.

I am pleased to transmit to the Congress the 1997 report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Safety Research Program.

This report is required by Section 29 of the Atomic ' Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 95 209. This report concludes that severe budget reductions are causing substantial deterioration o"he intomationally respected capability of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct a forward looking, effective safety researc.h program.

Sincerely, R. L. Seale Chairman

Enclosure:

Nuclear Safety Research, A Report to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dated February 1998

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