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1 CIS S 32117
TITLE: Nuclear
Regulatory Commission: Regulatory Reforms
CIS-NO: 2001-S321-17
SOURCE: Committee on the Environment and Public Works. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-1014
DATE: Mar. 9, 2000
LENGTH: iii+101 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1045-A; 1045-B
SUDOC: Y4.P96/10:S.HRG.106-1014
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27049-3.
SUMMARY:
Hearing before the Subcom on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety to examine recent NRC initiatives
to improve nuclear safety regulation, including revision of NRC licensing
programs, nuclear reactor oversight, and nuclear materials regulation.
Supplementary material (p. 33-101) includes witnesses' written
statements and written replies to Subcom questions, correspondence, and
submitted statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: NRC nuclear
safety regulation improvement efforts
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON CLEAN AIR, WETLANDS, PRIVATE PROPERTY,
AND NUCLEAR SAFETY. SENATE; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY; NUCLEAR REGULATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; NUCLEAR POWER
PLANTS AND REACTORS; LICENSES
01-S321-17 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Mar. 9, 2000 p. 6-18, 38-77
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
MESERVE, RICHARD A. (Chairman, NRC)
MCGAFFIGAN, EDWARD, JR.
DICUS, GRETA
J.
DIAZ, NILS J.
MERRIFIELD, JEFFREY
S. (all four Commissioners, NRC)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of NRC regulatory reform initiatives, including
improvements in nuclear power plant safety oversight; perspectives on nuclear
materials and facilities safety and related regulatory responsibilities.
INSERTION:
-- NRC, staff comments on EPA
proposed rulemaking on environmental radiation protection standards for proposed
high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., Nov. 2,
1999 (p. 46-56).
CONTENT NOTATION:
NRC
nuclear safety regulation improvement efforts
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
NEVADA; YUCCA MOUNTAIN,
NEV.; FEDERAL INTERAGENCY RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
01-S321-17 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Mar. 9, 2000 p. 19-23
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
SESSIONS, JEFF (Sen, R-Ala)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Importance of nuclear power
and nuclear safety regulation.
CONTENT NOTATION:
NRC nuclear safety regulation improvement efforts
01-S321-17 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Mar. 9,
2000 p. 23-32, 78-101
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BEEDLE, RALPH E. (Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear
Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute)
JONES, GARY L.
(Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources,
Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO)
ADELMAN, DAVID E. (Project Attorney, Nuclear Programs,
Natural Resources Defense Council)
KENNEDY, WILLIAM E.,
JR. (Board Member, Health Physics Society)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Views on NRC recent and proposed reforms
regarding nuclear power industry oversight; opinions on NRC proposed rule on the
unrestricted release and recycling of radioactively contaminated materials.
CONTENT NOTATION:
NRC nuclear safety
regulation improvement efforts
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE;
RECYCLING OF WASTE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002 
