ML20234F228
| ML20234F228 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/06/1986 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ML20234F024 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-86-335 NUDOCS 8707080146 | |
| Download: ML20234F228 (2) | |
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.MAY.02 '86 08:51 HRC MESSAGE CENTER BETHESDA MD P 002 i
l CCPMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUBCO M ITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPENT 1
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N IO J. PALLADINO, CHAIRMAN U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION MAY 6, 1986 MR. CHAIRmN, I AM PLEASED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SUBComITTEE TODAY TO DISCUSS WE IlPACT OF THE SOVIET ACCIDENT AT CHERNOBYL ON U.S. NUCLEAR REA SAFETY PROGRAMS, WE ARE AWARE EAT AN ACCIDEf6 OCCURRED AT THE CHERICBYL PLAN IN THE UKRAINE REGION OF RUSSIA. HOWEVER, DETAILS REGARDING THE ACCIDENT HAVE NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DMT I REGRET ANY LOSS OF LIFE THAT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT AT CHERNOBYL.
'TE ADMINISTRATION AS YOU KNOW, HAS ESTABLISHED A TEAM HEADED BY EPA WITH REPRESEfRATIVES FROM VARICUS U.S. AGENCIES TO STUDY THE CHERNOBYL ACCID THE NRC REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS TEAM IS lit. HAROLD DENTON, DIRECTOR, 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE RES TE#i'S EFFORTS, AND ASSURE YOU THAT IF ANY LESSONS ARE LEARNED FROM THIS ACCIDENT THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO U.S. REACTORS, WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS INFORMATION.
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SAFETY, HE WILL THEN RESPOND TO A.W QUESTIONS YOU MY MVE RELATING TO NRC'S 1
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