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Appendix F: Charge to the Committee
Appendix F: Charge to the Committee
Pages 129-140
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Appendix F Charge to the Committee 129
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-- (1) The Secretary of Energy sha31 request the National Academy of Sciences to conduct two reviews on the status of the nuclear weapons complex and submit a report on each review.
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Each of the two reviews should yield reports that include the following: o a consideration of safety and technical issues at current facilities and a discussion of steps tha. would enhance the safety of operation of those facilities; - a consideration of the environmental impact of the operations of those facilities; ar, estimation of the approximate useful lifetime of existing reactors; and findings and recommendations.
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Salgado under Secretary cc : Honorable Sa;; Nunn Chairman., Committee on Armed Servi ces Uni' ed States Senate Honorable Les Aspin Ch.a i roan, Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives
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. In our request to the Academy, we asked for two reports that addressed the follower;: o a consideration of safety and technical issues at current facilities and ~ discussion of steps that would enhance the Safety of Operation of these foci l isles; o ~ consideration of the envi ronrrental impact of the operations of those fact l Sties; 0 an estimation of the approximate IJseful lif~tlm of existing reactors; Act 0 findings uric reconn7endationt.
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Warner Ranking Minority Member C~1 tte on And Services UM1t~ States Senate Washington, DC 2051C
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O C ~(141S November 30, 1988 Honorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Les Aspin Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Honorable John S Herrington Secretary, Department of Energy Forrestal Building Washington, DC 20585 Gentlemen: I am pleased to report on the activities and current status of the National Research Council Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex.
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The committee has been asked to examine safety and environmental issues at a variety of facilities, but will not consider the defense production reactors safe handling of nuclear weapons: the waste isolation pilot plant transportation safety and activities at the Nevada Test Site. The final report, scheduled for December 1.
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Mindful of this, we will make a determined effort to provide a thorough and timely report by December 1, 1989, that will be useful to the Executive and Legislative branch policy makers of the government, and to the permanent oversight board. S ~ erely your s, j~ 1 ~ Richard A
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The Committee's visits in October to the Hanford Reservation in Washington; in January to the Y-12 Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee: and in February to the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant will be complemented by an aggressive schedule of visits over the coming months: a March visit to the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado; April visits to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico, and the Pantex Plant in Texas; and a May visit to the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina. This schedule is driven by the large scope of the assignment -- the examination of safety and environmental issues at the defense weapons complex -- and by the deadline for our final report of December 1989 .
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Meserve Chairman Enclosures The Honorable John Glenn Dr. Frank Press
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