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1 CIS S 31134
TITLE:
Nuclear Waste Litigation
CIS-NO: 2001-S311-34
SOURCE: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-918
DATE: Sept. 28, 2000
LENGTH: iii+58 p.
CONG-SESS:
106-2
ITEM-NO: 1040-A; 1040-B
SUDOC: Y4.EN2:S.HRG.106-918
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-11132
GPO-STOCK-NO:
552-070-26634-8.
SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine issues
related to lawsuits filed by nuclear utilities against DOE for
its failure to uphold contractual obligations under the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 to begin accepting and storing spent fuel by
Jan. 31, 1998, in light of recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
decision confirming DOE liability for breach of contract damages to
nuclear utilities.
Supplementary material (p.
55-58) includes correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION:
Nuclear waste storage, utility cos lawsuits against DOE, issues
review
DESCRIPTORS:
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT; NUCLEAR REGULATION; LAWSUITS;
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT; U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
CIRCUIT; LIABILITY
01-S311-34 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Sept.
28, 2000 p. 4-18
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ITKIN, IVAN (Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management, DOE)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Status of DOE spent nuclear waste
repository program.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Nuclear waste storage, utility cos
lawsuits against DOE, issues review
01-S311-34
TESTIMONY NO: 2 Sept. 28, 2000 p. 19-53
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MELLOR, RUSSELL A.
(President and CEO, Yankee Atomic Electric Co. and Connecticut Yankee Atomic
Power Co)
ROWE, JOHN W. (Chairman and CEO, Unicom Corp)
SPARBY, DAVID (Vice President, Government and Regulatory
Affairs, Xcel Energy)
MCDONALD, LAUREN, JR. (Commissioner,
Georgia Public Service Commission; representing National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners)
SCHATZ, THOMAS A.
(President, Citizens Against Government Waste)
FERTEL,
MARVIN (Senior Vice President, Business Operations, Nuclear
Energy Institute)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Background on litigation concerning DOE contractual
obligations under NWPA; justification of nuclear utilities
lawsuits filed against DOE, citing inadequacy of current
nuclear waste storage programs; issues related to spent
nuclear waste storage and DOE obligations under NWPA.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Nuclear
waste storage, utility cos lawsuits against DOE, issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002 
