Nuclear Safety: Reactor Design, Management, and Emergency Preparedness at Fort St. Vrain : Report to the Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, U.S. Senate |
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Page 39 - Category 1. Reduced NRC attention may be appropriate. Licensee management attention and involvement are aggressive and oriented toward nuclear safety; licensee resources are ample and effectively used such that a high level of performance with respect to operational safety or construction is being achieved. Category 2. NRC attention should be maintained at normal levels. Licensee management attention and involvement are evident and are concerned with nuclear safety; licensee resources are adequate...
Page 14 - Report of the US Department of Energy's Team Analyses of the Chemobyl-4 Atomic Energy Station Accident Sequence (DOE/NE-0076) November 1986.
Page 57 - ... the environment in the event of an accident involving the release of radioactive materials.
Page 1 - At that time, we will send copies to the Director, Office of Management and Budget; interested congressional committees; Members of Congress; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Page 39 - ... safety and construction quality is being achieved. Category 3 —Both NRC and licensee attention should be increased. Licensee management attention or involvement is acceptable and considers nuclear safety, but weaknesses are evident; licensee resources...
Page 15 - ... In this review, we primarily discussed our positions with the accounting and auditing standards setting bodies to also consider their views in developing our positions on the adequacy of GAAP and GAAS as applied to the bank industry. We conducted our review between January 1990 and November 1990 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Chapter 2 of this report discusses the weaknesses in GAAP that contributed to banks' financial reports not disclosing the true magnitude...
Page 1 - November 13, 1987 The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth United States Senate Dear Senator Wirth: This report responds to your request of August 29, 1986.
Page 15 - ... security inspectors and guards. We discussed the facts presented in this report with DOE, Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and Mason and Hanger officials. They generally agreed with the information but offered some clarifications, which we incorporated where appropriate. As requested, we did not ask these officials to comment officially on this report. Our work was conducted between July 1989 and May 1990 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Chapter 2 Concerns About the...
Page 8 - Nuclear Safety: Comparison of DOE'S Hanford N-Reactor with the Chernobyl Reactor, GAO Report RCED-86-213BR, Aug 86 (62) '15-87-09683 Chernobyl.
Page 42 - NRC'S confidence in the stable design features and low risk to public health and safety inherent in the design of Fort St.