NUCLEAR ENERGY see also Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Power Resources

Amendments

Atomic Energy Act: establish comprehensive, equitable, reliable, and efficient mechanism for compensation of public in event of accident from activities under contract with Dept. of Energy (S. 748), 29169-29177 [23OC]

———extend and improve procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents (S. 843), 6906 [25MR]

———participation of State and local governments in licensing process (S. 408), 6406 [19MR]

Courts: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21433, 21445 [29JY], 21457 [30JY], 21590, 21600, 21607, 21611 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish costs of Uranium Enrichment Program (S. 1084), 10142 [28AP]-10342 [29AP]

Insurance: procedures for liability and indemnification for incidents (H.R. 2994), 21379 [28JY]

Mines and mineral resources: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10148, 10151 [28AP]

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 37836 [21DE]

Analyses

Dept. of Energy Activities Under the Nuclear Waste Act (H.R. 2888), 18677 [1JY]

Extend and Improve Procedures for the Protection of the Public From Nuclear Incidents (S. 843), 6894 [25MR]

High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act (S. 1266), 13584 [21MY]

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act (S. 1085), 9435 [23AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments on Land Acquisition and Site Characterization Activities (H.R. 2189), 10286, 10294 [28AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Commission (H.R. 2888), 18677 [1JY]

Regional Monitored Retrievable Storage Act, 22049 [3AU]

Uranium Revitalization and Tailings Reclamation Act (S. 1100), 10114 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

Accident One More Reason To Bar MRS, 15409 [11JN]

Alfonsin Opens Secret Nuclear Lab to Sarney—CNEA President Explains Work, 27132 [8OC]

Alfonsin Reaffirms Peaceful Program, 27132 [8OC]

Apex Nuclear Fuel Cycle for Production of Light Water Reactor Fuel and Elimination of Radioactive Waste, 31505-31507 [10NO]

Argentina To Sell Brazil Low- and Medium-Enriched Uranium, 27133 [8OC]

Atom-Smashing Now and in the Future—A New Era Begins, 2764 [4FE]

Blundering Over Nuclear Burial, 5963 [17MR]

Brazil and Argentina Start Nuclear Discussions, 27132 [8OC]

Brazil Says Uranium Enriched Sarney—Rules Out Any Military Application of the Process, 27134 [8OC]

Brazil's Leader Reports Success in the Enriching of Uranium, 27134 [8OC]

Brazil's Nuclebras Wants to Sell Slightly Enriched U to Argentina, 27134 [8OC]

Centrifugal Device Simplifies Cleanup of Nuclear Waste, 31206 [6NO]

Cologne Company Raided Over Supply of Nuclear Equipment Plans to Pakistan, 21881 [31JY]

Counterfeit Bolts Endanger A-Plants, 2174 [28JA]

Counterfeit Bolts Used in Nuclear Units, 2174 [28JA]

Duking the Nukes—Crisis Generated by Stalled Plant, 26251 [1OC]

Economic Spin-Off From CERN, 23483 [7AU]

Evans Leads on Waste Idea, 13974 [28MY]

Experiments at Fermilab Mark Advance in Detection, 2765 [4FE]

Failure To Deal With a Crisis, 23452 [7AU]

Federal Power Over Nuclear Power, 3823 [19FE], 22263 [4AU]

Global Warming Tied to Excess Carbon Dioxide, 29483 [27OC]

Governors Shouldn't Veto This, 22264 [4AU]

Groups Urge Phasing Out Nuclear Power, 31466 [10NO]

Myth of Pakistan as a Heroic U.S. Ally, 38298 [22DE]

New Radioactive Waste Treatment Could Save Taxpayers Billions, 31207 [6NO]

Nuclear Foes Sought Veto, 22264 [4AU]

Nuclear Nonplused, 8287 [7AP]

Nuclear Plant Contracts Signed With Iran, 27132 [8OC]

Nuclear Politicking, 22263 [4AU]

Nuclear Reactor Dangers, 565 [6JA]

Pakistan Conduit, 21877 [31JY]

Pakistan—A Commitment to Nonproliferation, 7584 [31MR]

Pakistan's Nuclear Bombshell, 21879-21881 [31JY]

Particle Physics and Technological Spinoff, 23481-23483 [7AU]

Politics and Power, 22264 [4AU]

Radiation Contamination, 31465 [10NO]

Radiation Poisoning in Brazil, 31209 [6NO]

Reactor That Can't Melt Down?, 34551 [9DE]

Rise and Fall of a $400 Million Dream, 34095 [4DE]

Safe Nuclear Powerplants, 22551 [5AU]

Sarney Visit to Pilcaniyeu Was Key to Reciprocal Inspections, 27133 [8OC]

Shut Down Hanford? Fears Are Overstated, 25858 [30SE]

Swaps and Men, 10115 [28AP]

Third Generation of Nukes, 13295 [20MY]

Ultra-Nationalist Peronists Again Argentina's Majority Political Force, 27134 [8OC]

Visitors at Calvert Cliffs, 29482 [27OC], 31882 [13NO]

W. Sterling Cole, 82, Dies of Cancer, 7937 [3AP]

Waste-Disposal Steps Should Come in Order, 13974 [28MY]

Bills and resolutions

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant charter (see S. 1551; H.R. 3025)

Atomic Energy Act: establish comprehensive, equitable, reliable, and efficient mechanism for compensation of public in event of accident from activities under contract with Dept. of Energy (see S. 748)

———extend and improve procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents (see S. 843)

———participation of State and local governments in licensing process (see S. 408)

Courts: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (see H.R. 1414)

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Agency: establish (see H.R. 2047)

Dept. of Energy: defense waste cleanup fund (see S. 1432)

———establish costs of Uranium Enrichment Program (see S. 1084)

———indemnify civilian nuclear energy research and development contractors (see H.R. 2751)

———suspend activities under the Nuclear Waste Act (see H.R. 2888)

Energy Reorganization Act: clarify modification requirements for noncompliance (see H.R. 1317)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: nuclear materials (see H.R. 3836)

———restrict transport through high-density city areas (see H.R. 1646)

———funds for cleanup from defense activities (see H.R. 2625)

———rail transportation of high-level nuclear waste (see S. 1436)

———site for monitored retrievable storage facility at Oak Ridge, TN (see S.J. Res. 150)

———transportation of plutonium between the U.S. and Japan (see H.R. 3796)

High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act: enact (see S. 1266)

Insurance: procedures for liability and indemnification for incidents (see H.R. 2994)

Law enforcement officers: compensation to State and local agencies for expenses resulting from demonstration against Federal nuclear-related activities (see H.R. 3711)

Mines and mineral resources: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (see S. 1100)

———viable domestic uranium industry (see S. 1846)

Nuclear Energy Waste Policy Act: enact (see S. 1141)

Nuclear powerplants: criminal sanctions for sabotage during construction (see H.R. 1318)

———compensation for accidents (see S. 44)

———Federal inspection (see S. 40)

———operating license procedures (see H.R. 1292)

———unlimited liability (see H.R. 2141)

Nuclear Safety Board: establish (see S. 14; H.R. 706)

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: construction and operation of monitored retrievable storage facility (see S. 1423)

———construction of regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (see H.R. 3077)

———continuation of research on the subseabed disposal of waste (see H.R. 3499)

———land acquisition and site characterization activities (see H.R. 2189)

———redirect disposal program (see H.R. 3430), 26706 [6OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2888)

Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission: establish (see S. 1980; H.R. 2967)

Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Study Act: enact (see S. 1211)

Nuclear Waste Transportation Prohibition Through Urbanized Areas Act: enact (see S. 833)

Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator: establish (see H.R. 2967)

Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty: reaffirm (see S. Res. 158)

Power resources: domestic energy security (see H.R. 1456)

Production and utilization facilities: State regulation of radiological hazards (see H.R. 499)

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (see S. 1569)

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1631)

Radioactive waste disposal (see S. 621, 1481)

———liability for accidents (see H.R. 2082)

———second repository (see H.R. 509, 1252, 2885)

———transportation (see H.R. 2118)

———transport in interstate commerce by specially licensed individuals (see H.R. 1649)

———State regulation of transportation (see S. 1008)

———suspend site selection process (see H.R. 266)

———enter into agreement with certain States and Indian tribes (see S. 839)

———establish regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (see S. 1266)

———protection in connection with transportation (see H.R. 3598)

———remove requirement for second repository (see H.R. 1410)

———repository requirements (see H.R. 1324)

———requirement for second repository (see S. 642)

———single repository concept (see H.R. 1185)

———State participation in approval of repository (see S. 1007)

———States participation in site selection (see H.R. 2475)

———use certain public lands in Eddy County, NM, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (see S. 1272)

Safety: assurance (see H.R. 2279)

———ensure (see S. 1085)

———procedures for protection of the public from nuclear accidents (see S. 1865)

———require emergency planning and preparedness plan (see S. 369)

———security procedures (see H.R. 2683), 15645 [12JN]

Soviet Union: nuclear power plant accident (see S.J. Res. 119; S. 259)

Spent Fuel Contingency Act: enact (see H.R. 2319)

States: regulation of production and utilization facilities (see H.R. 739)

Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act: enact (see S. 1428)

Threshold Test Ban Treaty: reaffirm (see S. Res. 158)

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act: amend (see S. 1991)

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 1331)

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (see S. 717; H.R. 1530)

Briefs

Ned R. McWherter, Governor of Tennessee v. George Bush, Vice President of U.S. and President pro tempore of Senate: Wells D. Burgess, 14317 [2JN]

Court decisions

Emergency evacuation plans for nuclear accidents: Massachusetts court, 22543 [5AU]

Philadelphia Newspaper, Inc. v. NRC, 22559 [5AU]

Descriptions

Enrichment Service Corp., 10151 [28AP]

Reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10151 [28AP]

Documents

Atomic Energy Act, 480 [6JA]

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 789-791 [6JA]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): Dept. of Energy nuclear energy activities (testimony from Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., John L. Meinhardt, and Michael B. Seaton), D131 [10MR]

———Dept. of Energy nuclear energy defense activities (testimony from Kinnaird R. McKee), D139 [11MR]

———Dept. of Energy nuclear energy defense activities (testimony from Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., James W. Culpepper, Robert B. Barker, and James A. Abrahamson), D125 [9MR]

———Dept. of Energy nuclear fission and commercial waste management, D104 [3MR]

———Dept. of Energy uranium supply and enrichment activities (testimony from A. David Rossin and John R. Longenecker), D117 [5MR]

———submarine nuclear reactors (testimony), D304 [30AP]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): nuclear weapons programs (testimony), D273 [23AP]

———review the defense production reactors for the nuclear weapons program (testimony), D233 [6AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: safety issues at the Hanford Nuclear Reactor (testimony from Representative AuCoin, Mary Walker, and public witnesses), D58 [10FE]

———uranium enrichment (testimony), D248 [8AP]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: authorization by the Sec. of Energy concerning the storage and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (S. 839) (testimony), D293 [29AP]

———current status of Dept. of Energy's nuclear waste activities (testimony from John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, and Ben C. Rusche), D38 [29JA]

———current status of Dept. of Energy's radioactive waste activities, focusing on selection of geological repository sites (testimony from Curtis Eschels, Grant Sawyer, Steve Frishman, Del T. White and Louie Dick, Jr. and Melvin Sampson), D50 [4FE]

———Dept. of Energy nuclear accident policy (S. 748) (testimony), D163 [18MR]

———Dept. of Energy's nuclear waste activities (testimony from Ben C. Rusche), D55 [5FE]

———monitored retrievable storage facility for high-level radioactive waste (testimony), D293 [29AP]

———procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents (S. 44, 843) (testimony), D300 [30AP]

Committee on Foreign Relations: Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (testimony from several Dept. of Defense personnel), D12 [13JA]

———treaty with Soviet Union on underground nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes (testimony from several Dept. of Defense personnel), D12 [13JA]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Dept. of Energy nuclear production facilities (testimony from J. Dexter Peach, Keith O. Fultz, Louis H. Roddis, Jr., Gary L. Jones, Forrest J. Remick, Mary L. Walker, and Don Ofte), D145 [12MR]

———ecological, health, and safety conditions at the Dept. of Energy nuclear production facilities (testimony), D156 [17MR]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: decommissioning nuclear power plants (testimony), D279 [23AP]

———emergency planning for nuclear power plants (testimony), D291 [28AP]

———procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), D229 [2AP]

———procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414) (testimony), D202 [26MR], D205 [27MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): VA compliance with a discovery request of National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Turnage (testimony), D161 [17MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): VA compliance with a discovery request of National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Turnage (testimony), D161 [17MR]

Letters

Bullfrog County, NV: Joe S. Garcia, Jr., 24476 [18SE]

Cold standby status for reactor in Washington State: 6 Senators, 25857 [30SE]

Dept. of Energy safety oversight of Hanford, WA, nuclear reactor: Senator Adams, 30696 [4NO]

Financial accountability of nonprofit contractors in liability cases regarding nuclear facilities: Representative Richardson, 21459 [30JY]

Impact on Nellis Air Force Range of proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV: Timothy L. Titus, 30725 [4NO]

Liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents: Representative Conyers, 22123 [3AU]

Monitored retrievable storage facility: Thomas R. Kuhn, 31473 [10NO]

NRC emergency planning guidelines: Representative Robert C. Smith, 21051 [23JY]

———Representative Udall, 21050 [23JY]

NRC licensing rules: Representatives Hochbrueckner, Downey, and Mrazek, 3283 [11FE]

Nuclear facilities independent regulation: Environmental Policy Institute, 9798 [27AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 31470 [10NO]

———Lando W. Zech, Jr., NRC, 31471, 31472, 31473, 31490 [10NO]

———S.A. White, 31087 [5NO]

———Senator Johnston, 31472 [10NO]

———several Members of Congress, 31488 [10NO]

———W.F. Willis, 31088 [5NO]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments: NRC, 30719 [4NO]

Post-Chernobyl life in the Ukraine: resident of the Ukraine, 9749 [24AP]

Radioactive waste disposal: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 30706, 30707 [4NO]

———John W. Meres, 30736 [4NO]

———Kenneth M. Carr, NRC, 31481 [10NO]

———Lando W. Zech, Jr., 30707 [4NO]

———Meyer Steinberg, 31505 [10NO]

———Representatives Dingell, Udall and Sharp, 30715 [4NO]

———Senator Breaux, 31216 [6NO]

———Senators Stafford, Simpson, Burdick, and Breaux, 30712 [4NO]

———several members of Washington State Legislature, 13975 [28MY]

Radioactive waste site and Canyonlands National Park: Bruce Blanchard, 3873 [19FE]

———Peter L. Parry, 3872 [19FE]

Radioactive Waste Site Selection: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 32572 [18NO]

———Lando W. Zech, Jr., NRC, 32570 [18NO]

Realignment of the NRC: Dept. of Justice, 9360 [22AP]

Safe nuclear powerplants: John Herrington, 22544 [5AU]

———several scientists, 22544 [5AU]

Sequential testing of radioactive waste disposal sites: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 32024 [17NO]

———Lando W. Zech, Jr., NRC, 32024, 32025 [17NO]

U.S. contribution to international project for subseabed disposal alternative for high-level nuclear waste: Edwyna G. Anderson, Michigan Dept. of Commerce, 31750 [12NO]

———several Senators, 31750 [12NO]

Underground nuclear testing: Roger E. Batzel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 25113 [24SE]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: 24 Senators, 34549 [9DE]

Uranium trade: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 34962 [10DE]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: George S. Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, 5349 [11MR]

———William J. Janklow, 5349 [11MR]

Letters of transmittal

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 17572 [25JN]

Lists

Major participants in joint semiconductor initiatives, 32589 [18NO]

Potentially affected States for radioactive waste disposal sites, 32025 [17NO]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Commerce: H.R. 519, FERC issuance of certain order, D60 [11FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: compensation of public in event of certain accidents involving nuclear materials (S. 748), D245 [8AP], D266 [22AP]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: authorizing appropriations for NRC (H.R. 1315), D256 [9AP], D297 [29AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): allow suits against the U.S. for contractors acts in carrying out the Nuclear Weapons Testing Program (H.R. 1341), D256 [9AP]

Memorandums

Tennessee Construction of Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility (McWherter v. Bush): Senate Legal Counsel, 12288 [13MY]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, 17436 [25JN]

Idaho, 9648 [23AP], 11614 [7MY]

Illinois, 23080 [7AU], 23570 [9SE]

Massachusetts, 3928 [23FE], 16145 [16JN]

Michigan, 19564 [13JY], 22915 [6AU], 30982 [5NO], 33252 [30NO], 35741 [15DE], 36583 [19DE]

Mississippi, 11615 [7MY]

Nevada, 8669 [9AP], 9734 [24AP], 16775 [18JN], 17569, 17570 [25JN], 19382 [10JY]

New Hampshire, 4663 [3MR], 7285 [30MR]

Oregon, 10937 [1MY], 10938 [1MY], 20780 [22JY], 20986 [23JY]

Tennessee, 14058 [28MY]

Messages

Administration of Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act: President Reagan, 9769 [27AP]

Agreement With Japan on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: President Reagan, 31398 [9NO], 31522 [10NO]

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act: President Reagan, 4482 [3MR]

Orders

Peach Bottom nuclear powerplant shutdown: NRC (sundry excerpts), 7861 [2AP]

Papers

Development and Relationship of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons—Evolving an Acceptable Nuclear Power Fuel Cycle: Meyer Steinberg, 31509-31511 [10NO]

Petitions

Radioactive waste repository: West Texas County Judges' and Commissioners' Association, 13736 [27MY]

Radioactive waste repository in Yucca Mountain: Bullfrog County, NV, County Commissioners, 30650 [3NO], 30763 [4NO]

Regulations

Testing of shipping casks for transportation of nuclear waste: NRC, 31503 [10NO]

Remarks in House

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant consent (H.R. 3025), 27695 [13OC]

Courts: authorize payment of legal costs, 21590-21599 [30JY]

———extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 4775 [4MR], 21409, 21411-21421, 21428-21456-21459 [29JY], 21590 [30JY], 21613 [3AU]-21615 [30JY], 21786 [30JY], 22123 [3AU], 23452 [7AU]

———extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), referral, 13431 [21MY]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Agency: establish (H.R. 2047), 9032 [10AP]

Dept. of Energy: high-level nuclear waste transportation contractors to carry maximum insurance, 21600-21603 [30JY]

———radioactive waste management, 35651 [15DE]

———suspend activities under the Nuclear Waste Act (H.R. 2888), 18676, 18679 [1JY], 19886 [15JY]

———waste repositories (H.R. 2885), 18712 [1JY]

Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste laws, 36084 [17DE]

Industry: substandard fastener problems, 2173 [28JA], 22049 [3AU]

Insurance: regulatory authority to exclude utility deferred premiums, 21607-21611 [30JY]

International Atomic Energy Agency: anniversary, 21570 [29JY]

Japan: transportation of U.S. plutonium (H.R. 3796), 36512 [18DE]

Long Island Lighting Co.: proceedings of license for nuclear plant in Shoreham, NY, 18357 [30JN]

National Academy of Sciences: report on safety of operation of nuclear reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, WA, 12696 [18MY]-12700 [18MY]

National Energy Education Day: designate (S.J. Res. 19), 6277 [19MR]

Nevada: radioactive waste disposal site, 36083 [17DE]

Nuclear Safety Board: establish, 1803 [21JA]

Nuclear Safety Review Act: enact (H.R. 67), 3283 [11FE]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1324), 4446 [2MR]

———continuation of research on the subseabed disposal of waste (H.R. 3499), 28164 [15OC]

———redirect disposal program (H.R. 3430), 26724 [6OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 2888), 18676, 18679 [1JY], 19886 [15JY]

Pakistan: enrichment and weapons development activities, 34700 [10DE]

———nuclear weapons, 6621 [24MR]

Powerplants: regulation, 26250 [1OC]

Powerplant acidents: liability for accidents (H.R. 2082), 8640 [9AP], 8922 [9AP]

———unlimited liability (H.R. 2141), 18401 [30JN], 21421 [3AU]

Presidential Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents: strike language, 21611-21614 [30JY]

Radioactive waste disposal, 22049 [3AU]

———Dept. of Energy incentive agreements with States and Indian Tribes (S. 839), 6719 [25MR]

———eastern repository, 4733 [4MR], 5192 [10MR]

———funds for cleanup from defense activities (H.R. 2625), 14874 [8JN]

———Hanford Nuclear Reservation, WA, 13040 [20MY]

———land acquisition and site characterization activities (H.R. 2189), 10285, 10293 [28AP]

———protection in connection with transportation (H.R. 3598), 30812 [4NO]

———States' participation in site selection (H.R. 2475), 13319 [20MY]

———suspend site selection process (H.R. 266), 26608 [6OC]

———transportation, 36087 [17DE]

———transportation (H.R. 2118), 9282 [22AP], 9354 [22AP]

Radon: contamination of housing, 6618 [24MR]

Safety, 7734 [1AP]

———security procedures (H.R. 2683), 35519-35521 [14DE]

Seabrook, NH, power plant: NRC licensing, 8287 [7AP]

Shoreham Truth Witnesses: tribute, 5198 [10MR]

South Africa: ban on uranium imports, 2682 [4FE], 34724 [10DE], 35432 [11DE]

Soviet Union: nuclear power plant accident, 10038 [27AP]

Spent Fuel Contingency Act: enact (H.R. 2319), 11670 [7MY], 11745 [7MY]

State and local governments: emergency plan requirements, 3961 [24FE]

State Nuclear Safety Participation Act: enact (H.R. 499), 971 [7JA]

States: licensing of production and utilization facilities, 1939 [26JA]

Uranium enrichment facilities: Dept. of Energy and TVA contracts, 20117 [15JY]

Western low-level radioactive waste disposal compact: consent (H.R. 1530), 5262 [10MR]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste depository, 36265 [18DE]

Remarks in Senate

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant charter (S. 1551), 21137 [24JY]

Atomic Energy Act: compensation of public in event of accident from activities under contract with Dept. of Energy (S. 748), 5922 [17MR]

———establish comprehensive, equitable, reliable, and efficient mechanism for compensation of public in event of accident from activities under contract with Dept. of Energy (S. 748), 22042 [3AU], 29177, 29178 [23OC]

———extend and improve procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents (S. 843), 6886 [25MR]

———participation of State and local governments in licensing process (S. 408), 6406 [19MR]

Atomic Safety Act: enact (S. 40), 480 [6JA]

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials: ratification by foreign countries (S. Res. 37), 787 [6JA]

Courts: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21818 [31JY], 22042 [3AU], 34342 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: acquisition strategy for a new production reactor, 25248, 25249 [25SE]

Dept. of Energy: cold standby status for reactor in Washington State, 25857-25859 [30SE]

———establish costs of Uranium Enrichment Program (S. 1084), 9430 [23AP], 10147 [28AP]

———Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 28621 [21OC]

———high-level radioactive waste, 23112 [7AU]

———nuclear materials production, 34551 [9DE]

———study of Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation facility, 31773, 31774 [12NO]

Foreign trade: uranium trade agreements (S. Res. 341), 34962 [10DE]

Hanford, WA: cleanup of defense radioactiove waste, 25286-25288 [25SE]

———funding for waste revitrification plant (project 88-D-173), 31778 [12NO]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (S. 1429), 17576, 17579 [25JN]

High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act: enact (S. 1266), 13583 [21MY], 13974 [28MY]

Improved Nuclear Standards Act: enact (S. 100), 564 [6JA]

Independent Nuclear Safety Board Act: enact (S. 14), 429 [6JA]

International Atomic Energy Agency: anniversary, 21496 [29JY]

Mines and mineral resources: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10108, 10116 [28AP]

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 34549 [9DE], 37836 [21DE]

National Energy Education Day: designate (S.J. Res. 19), 6142 [18MR]

Nuclear Emergency Planning Act: enact (S. 369), 1637 [21JA]

Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Act: enact (S. 408), 2135 [28JA]

Nuclear Energy Waste Policy Act: enact (S. 1141), 11523 [6MY]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: nomination of Kenneth C. Rogers, 23191 [7AU]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (S. 1668), 24476 [18SE], 28622 [21OC], 32842 [19NO]

———construction and operation of monitored retrievable storage facility (S. 1423), 17572 [25JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act: enact (S. 1980), 36612 [19DE]

Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Study Act: enact (S. 1211), 12587 [15MY]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Act: enact (S. 1395), 16845, 16847 [19JN]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Prohibition Through Urbanized Areas Act: enact (S. 833), 6873 [25MR]

Pakistan: future U.S. assistance, 27130 [8OC]

Peach Bottom, PA: shutdown of nuclear powerplant operations, 7860 [2AP]

Power resources: reprocessing technologies, 31504 [10NO]

———U.S. policy, 9153 [21AP]

Powerplants: safety (S. 1085), 30805 [4NO]

Powerplant accidents: compensation mechanism (S. 44), 485 [6JA]

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (S. 1631), 23214 [7AU]

Radioactive waste disposal, 23526 [9SE]

———establish regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (S. 1266), 13583 [21MY], 13974 [28MY]

———long-term disposal of nuclear waste, 5962 [17MR]

———site for monitored retrievable storage facility at Oak Ridge, TN (S.J. Res. 150), 14364 [2JN]

———subseabed disposal, 31778 [12NO]

———State regulation of transportation (S. 1008), 8956 [10AP]

———requirement for second repository (S. 642), 4610 [3MR]

———site selection (S. 1668), cost estimate, 23861 [11SE]

———Swedish program, 4361 [26FE]

———transportation safety, 15409 [11JN]

———use certain public lands in Eddy County, NM, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (S. 1272), 13596 [21MY]

———(S. 1481), 19398, 19401 [10JY]

———(S. 621), 4588 [3MR]

Safety: emergency planning and preparedness plan (S. 369), 4662 [3MR]

———ensure (S. 1085), 9431 [23AP]

———require emergency planning and preparedness plan (S. 369), 18821 [7JY]

Soviet Union: anniversary of nuclear power plant accident, 9748 [24AP], 11815 [8MY]

———nuclear power plant accident (S.J. Res. 119), 10355 [29AP]

States: participation in approval of waste repository (S. 1007), 8835 [9AP]

Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act: enact (S. 1428), 17821 [26JN]

Tennessee: disapproval of waste site, 14315 [2JN]

Transportation: rail transportation of high-level nuclear waste (S. 1436), 17829 [26JN]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14695 [4JN]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (S. 717), 5346, 5349 [11MR]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste repository, 36178 [18DE]

———study potential earthquake effects on nuclear waste repository site, 31778 [12NO]

Reports

Light Water Reactor: Westinghouse Electric Corp., 31505 [10NO]

Managing Nation's High-Level Radioactive Waste: OTA, 31742-31745 [12NO]

Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility: GAO, 31497 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Disposal: Committee on Energy and Commerce, 30745 [4NO]

———Dept. of Energy, 30736, 30737 [4NO]

Nuclear Waste Site Selection Cost Estimate (S. 1668): CBO, 23861 [11SE]

Plutonium Availability and Cost: Dept. of Energy, 30698 [4NO]

Recommendation of Candidate Sites for the Characterization for the First Radioactive Waste Repository: Dept. of Energy, 10293 [28AP]

Timing of State Objections to Location of Monitored Retrievable Storage Sites: Michael V. Seitzinger, 14316 [2JN]

U.S. Defense Plutonium Needs and the Hanford, WA, Nuclear Reactor, 30697 [4NO]

Uranium Enrichment Program Costs, 9430 [23AP]

VA Mission and Accomplishments Relative to Atomic Veterans, 2523 [3FE]

Reports filed

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 100-322), 26813 [7OC]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 100-322), 25748 [30SE]

Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Program Redirection: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1688) (S. Rept. 100-152), 23571 [9SE]

Emergency Response Program Within NRC: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1570) (H. Rept. 100-243), 21185 [27JY]

Liability and Indemnification: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1414), Consideration (H. Res. 234) (H. Rept. 100-249), 21377 [28JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1414) (H. Rept. 100-249), 21357 [28JY]

NRC Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1315), Consideration (H. Res. 237) (H. Rept. 100-263), 22126 [3AU]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1315) (H. Rept. 100-90), 15645 [12JN], 16567 [17JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1315) (H. Rept. 100-263), 22110 [3AU]

NRC Regulation of Fuel Cycle Facilities: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-167), 16774 [18JN]

Nuclear Energy Security Procedures: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2683) (H. Rept. 100-223), 28346 [19OC]

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-232), 33122 [20NO]

Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2967) (H. Rept. 100-425), 31423 [9NO]

Procedures for Liability and Indemnification for Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1414) (H. Rept. 100-104), 20779 [22JY]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 1414) (H. Rept. 100-104, Pt. 2), 20779 [22JY]

Procedures for Protection From Accidents: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1865) (H. Rept. 100-218), 31818 [12NO]

Safety of Nuclear Facilities: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-173), 25184 [24SE]

Uranium Industry: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1846) (S. Rept. 100-214), 30765 [4NO]

Western Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1530) (H. Rept. 100-24), 14777 [4JN]

Reviews

Collegiality of Sunshine Act: ABA (sundry), 22560 [5AU]

Statements

Calvert Cliffs: Lando W. Zech, Jr., 31882 [13NO]

Federal Authority Over Nuclear Power Plants: Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., 22261 [4AU]

Hanford Radioactive Waste Repository Site: Ralph Keeney, 10294 [28AP]

Maxey Flats, KY, Nuclear Waste Spill, Geological Survey, 28623 [21OC]

NRC Licensing Process: Representative Downey, 4462 [2MR]

NRC Safety Regulations: nuclear energy industry representative, 3836 [19FE]

Nuclear Emergency Planning: NRC, 1637 [21JA]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments: NRC, 31472, 31479 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Site Selection Process: Booth Gardner, Governor of Washington, 31218, 31219 [6NO]

———Charles E. Kay, Dept. of Energy, 31485 [10NO]

———NRC, 31484 [10NO]

Pakistan Nuclear Program: Dept. of State, 26137 [1OC]

Principles on the Arizona Cliff Dam Settlement: Arizona congressional delegation and National Coalition to Stop Cliff Dam, 31881 [13NO]

Radioactive Waste Disposal: Carl-Erik Nyquist, 4361 [26FE]

———Henry M. Jackson, 30727 [4NO]

———President Reagan, 30742 [4NO]

———Richard Bryan, 30729 [4NO]

———Senator McClure, 30727 [4NO]

Ranking of Radioactive Waste Repository Sites: Lee Merkhofer, 10294 [28AP]

Summaries

Extend and Improve Procedures for Liability and Indemnification for Nuclear Incidents (H.R. 1414), 4776 [4MR]

———(S. 843), 6892 [25MR]

Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility: Dept. of Energy, 31474 [10NO]

Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Act (S. 408), 2135 [28JA]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: Victor Stello, Jr., NRC, 31482-31483 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments, 30702 [4NO]

Radioactive Waste Management Program: Victor Stello, Jr., NRC, 31480 [10NO]

Reorganize NRC Functions (H.R. 3285), 24113 [16SE]

State Nuclear Safety Participation Act (H.R. 499), 972 [7JA]

Tables

Dept. of Energy national security programs, fiscal year 1988, 10990 [4MY]

Nuclear energy in the world, October 26, 1987, 31205 [6NO]

Uranium Enrichment Program's cumulative debt, 9431 [23AP], 10057 [28AP]

Testimonies

Meteorological Aspects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Alan Robock, 15099 [9JN]

NRC Proposed Rule Changes, Representative Mrazek, 4104 [25FE]

Texts of

H.R. 67, Nuclear Safety Review Act, 3283 [11FE]

H.R. 2082, Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act, 8640 [9AP]

H.R. 2319, Spent Fuel Contingency Act, 11670 [7MY]

H.R. 3025, consent of Congress to Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, 27698-27701 [13OC]

H.R. 3796, transportation of plutonium between the U.S. and Japan, 36513 [18DE]

S. 14, Independent Nuclear Safety Board Act, 430-432 [6JA]

S. 40, Atomic Safety Act, 480 [6JA]

S. 44, compensation mechanism for nuclear power plant accidents, 486-489 [6JA]

S. 369, Nuclear Emergency Planning Act, 1637 [21JA]

S. 408, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Act, 2136 [28JA]

S. 717, Western low-level waste disposal compact, 5346-5349 [11MR]

S. 843, extend and improve Atomic Energy Act procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents, 6887 [25MR]

S. 1007, State participation in approval of waste repository, 8836 [9AP]

S. 1084, establish costs of Uranium Enrichment Program, 9431 [23AP]

S. 1085, Nuclear Protections and Safety Act, 9432-9435 [23AP]

S. 1100, Uranium Revitalization and Tailings Reclamation Act, 10109-10114 [28AP]

S. 1211, Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Study Act, 12587 [15MY]

S. 1266, High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act, 13975-13977 [28MY]

S. 1331, Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act, 14697 [4JN]

S. 1395, Nuclear Waste Transportation Act, 16845 [19JN]

S. 1423, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 17572 [25JN]

S. 1429, Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, 17577 [25JN]

S. 1432, Dept. of Energy defense waste cleanup fund, 17584 [25JN]

S. 1481, disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste, 19399-19401 [10JY]

S. 1551, Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact charter grant, 21137-21141 [24JY]

S. 1631, Radioactive Materials Transportation Act, 23214 [7AU]

S. 1769, establish NRC Office of Inspector General, 27096 [8OC]

S. 1770, abolishing NRC and establishing Nuclear Regulation Agency, 27097 [8OC]

S. Res. 37, ratification of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials by foreign countries, 787 [6JA]

S. Res. 310, opposition to NRC ruling eliminating requirement of State and local participation in emergency evacuation plans, 30352 [30OC]

S. Res. 341, agreement on uranium trade, 34962 [10DE]

S.J. Res. 19, National Energy Education Day, 6142 [18MR], 6277 [19MR]

S.J. Res. 119, Soviet Union nuclear power plant accident, 10356 [29AP]

S.J. Res. 150, site for monitored retrievable storage facility at Oak Ridge, TN, 14365 [2JN]