Hanford Nuclear Reactor: safety issues. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, February 10, 1987
Eight witnesses from DOE, the physics and engineering communities, the US Navy, and members of Congress testified at a hearing on safety issues involving the N-reactor, which was shut down for a safety reviews following the Chernobyl accident. The witnesses examined DOE procedures for the six-month shutdown in an effort to evaluate the risks to public health and safety from defense production facilities. At issue was DOE's efforts to keep the reactor functioning at all costs and the possible conflict of interest in having DOE provide its own oversight when DOE facilities do not meet the environmental and safety standards required of commercial operations. Also at issue was whether the N-Reactor is truly essential to national security. Additional material submitted by DOE for the record follows the testimony.
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- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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