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095400 1 (1978-07-12)

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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                                       FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
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                                       Wednesday, July 12, 1978
                    LM095400


                        STATEMENT OF
               MONTE CANFIELD, JR., DIRECTOR
               ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION
                        BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR REGULATION
      SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
                             ON
             THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NUCLEAR
             POWERPLANT SITING AND LICENSING BILL


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate the opportunity to be here today and discuss

our views on the Administration's proposed Nuclear Siting and

Licensing Act of 1978. As you know, this subject was addressed

in our report to the Congress dealing with nuclear powerplant

licensing. 1/

BASIS-FOR-THE-LEGISLATIVE-PROPOSAL

     In recent years, the nuclear industry and the general pub-

lic have been concerned about the efficiency and effectiveness

of the nuclear powerplant licensing process. Concerns range

from the time required to plan, design, and construct a nuclear

powerplant to anxieties over changing regulatory requirements,

increasing costs, redundant reviews, and the adequacy of public




l/Nuclear Powerplant Licensing: Need for Additional Improve-
  ments; (EMD-78-29) dated April 27, 1978.


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