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

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OSTI ID:6433460

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.

• OSTI ID: 6433460
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Serial No. 100-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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N-REACTOR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
REACTOR SAFETY
PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS
SAFETY STANDARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEARINGS
NATIONAL SECURITY
REACTOR SHUTDOWN
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HAZARDS
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
POWER REACTORS
PRODUCTION REACTORS
REACTORS
SAFETY
SECURITY
SHUTDOWNS
STANDARDS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
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