Emergency Planning for Nuclear Powerplants: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on Emergency Planning for Nuclear Powerplants, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, April 28, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 461 pages |
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Page 330 - Safeguards for a report and without prior public hearing, upon finding that there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered.
Page 217 - NRC that the state of onsite and off site emergency preparedness provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.
Page 165 - NRC does not require that all uncertainties be eliminated, but requires instead that there is reasonable assurance that the public health and safety will be adequately protected. In reaching its determination, the NRC anticipates that there will be °°Ref. 26 at 855. The Commission also recently noted that it was "heartened" that DOE was employing the use of PRA in its HLW program.
Page 191 - The Commission recognizes there is a possibility that the operation of some reactors may be affected by this rule through inaction of State and local governments or an inability to comply with these rules. The Commission believes that the potential restriction of plant operation by State and local officials is not significantly different in kind or effect from the means already available under existing law to prohibit reactor operation, such as zoning and land-use laws, certification of public convenience...
Page 64 - ... release of radioactivity. Therefore, the Commission recommends that: a. Before a utility is granted an operating license for a new nuclear power plant, the state within which that plant is to be sited must have an emergency response plan reviewed and approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) . The agency should assess the criteria and procedures now used for evaluating state and local government plans and for determining their ability to activate the plans. FEMA must assure adequate...
Page 170 - NRC's exclusive authority over plant construction and operation. Respondents appear to concede as much. Respondents do broadly argue, however, that although safety regulation of nuclear plants by States is forbidden, a State may completely prohibit new construction until its safety concerns are satisfied by the Federal Government. We reject this line of reasoning. State safety regulation is not pre-empted only when it conflicts with federal law. Rather, the Federal Government has occupied the entire...
Page 299 - safety" findings can be made after construction is finished. But when that point is reached, when millions have been invested, the momentum is on the side of the applicant, not on the side of the public. The momentum is not only generated by the desire to salvage an investment. No agency wants to be the architect of a "white elephant.
Page 219 - public safety is the first, last, and a permanent consideration in any decision on the issuance of a construction permit or a license to operate a nuclear facility.
Page 43 - Hodel's assurance to you that this administration does not favor the imposition of Federal Government authority over the objections of State and local governments in matters regarding the adequacy of an emergency evacuation plan for a nuclear power plant such as Shoreham.
Page 348 - Congress with the requirement that "there must exist a state, local or utility plan which provides reasonable assurance that public health and safety is not endangered by the operation of the facility.