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089455 1 (1970-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvlm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CIVIL DIVISION UNIT STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JAN 1 5 1970 - o~ Mr. John S. Kelly, Director Division of Peaceful Nuclear Explosives U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. C. 20545 Dear Mr. Kelly: As you know, the General Accounting Office has performed a limited survey of the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) program k for ppqe.ful uses of nuclear explosives_ commonly known as fLOWSHARE. Our survey, perfoimeE at AEC Headquarters, Germantown, Maryland, and at the Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, Nevada, was directed primarily toward evaluating the effectiveness of AEC's efforts to achieve the objectives of the PLOWSHARE program. Our survey was made pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53), the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67), and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2206). Particular emphasis was directed to that portion of the program dealing with joint AEC and industrial sponsored projects exploring the use of nuclear explosives for commercial purposes. During our survey, AEC realigned the Division of Peaceful Nuclear Explosives to permit more effective administration of the PLOWSHARE activities. Prior to this reorganization, the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, in reporting on AEC's authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1970 for PLOWSHARE, expressed con- cern for --greater AEC effort suitable explosion ground engineering pace, and to assure the timely development of devices which will permit the under- program to proceed at a more vigorous --greater AEC effort toward establishing business type organization and functioning to facilitate greater empathy of AEC with PLOWSHARE users. We found that the Joint Committee has extensively probed into the PLOWSHARE program and that it is monitoring program developments L41089455 . . . ................

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