FISCAL YEAR 1988 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION (Nuclear Fission) HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office KF27 S3935 1987 Vol. 45 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey, Chairman GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico* CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island DON RITTER, Pennsylvania SID MORRISON, Washington RON PACKARD, California ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia ERNEST L. KONNYU, California JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland Dr. A. David Rossin, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. De- partment of Energy, Washington, DC; accompanied by James W. Vaughan, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Questions and answers for the record Victor Stello, Jr., Executive Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regula- Gary S. Flora, Associate Director of Engineering and Services, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters, PANEL: SPACE AND DEFENSE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS Col. George M. Hess, Jr., Director, Survivability, Lethality and Key Tech- nologies, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, Washington, DC....... Dr. Raymond S. Colladay, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administra- |