Nuclear Waste Issues. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 2888 and H. R. 2967, June 11, 1987
Proceedings of the hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held on two separate dates as the first sessions on bills H.R. 2888 and H.R. 2967 are recorded here. These bills would suspend certain activities of the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and would establish a nuclear waste policy review commission and an office of the nuclear waste negotiator. The hearings on 11 June 1987 examined the DOE's proposal to build a monitored retrievable storage facility (MRS) in Tennessee on the site of the Clinch Breeder Reactor. The General Accounting Office has questioned the adequacy of the DOE's study that recommended building the MRS. Testimony was presented by representatives of the American Nuclear Council; Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Wisconsin Radioactive Waste Review Board; Washington Nuclear Waste Board; Sierra Club; Department of Health and Environment, State of Tennessee; Texas Nuclear Waste Programs Office; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the DOE. The Governor of Washington, Hon. Marilyn Lloyd, and Hon. Bart Gordon presented testimony. The concerns of the testimony were that the DOE was not ready to build the MRS - not enough study had been done to merit spending hugh amounts of money. Testimony on the two bills was not very supportive of the bills as they had been sponsored.
- OSTI ID:
- 5883388
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Serial No. 100-92
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
REGULATIONS
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LAWS
MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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