Public Law 86–50

Special Nuclear Materials.—

Project 60–a–1, modifications to production and supporting installations, $10,000,000. Project 60–a–2, prototype installations, gaseous diffusion plants, $1,000,000. Project 60–a–3, central computing building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,650,000. Project 60–a–1, reactor air filters, Savannah River, South Carolina, $5,000,000. Project 60–a–5, additional raw water line, Paducah, Kentucky, $810,000. Project 60–a–6, water plant expansion, 100 K area, Hanford, Washington, $5,000,000. Project 60–a–7, modifications to reactor disassembly basins, Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,600,000.

Special Nuclear Materials.—

Project 60–b–1, cylinder storage area, Paducah, Kentucky, $500,000. Project 60–b–2, increased cooling water capacity, Savannah River, South Carolina, $5,000,000.

Atomic Weapons.—

Project 60–c–1, weapons production, development and test installations, $10,000,000. Project 60–C–2, special processing plant, phase II, Mound Laboratory, Ohio, $3,800,000. Project 60–C–3, test and environmental installations, Sandia Base, New Mexico, $1,000,000.

Atomic Weapons.—

Project 60–d–1, storage site modifications, $1,500,000. Project 60–d–2, materials storage vault, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $133,000.

Reactor Development.—

Project 60–e–1, modifications to experimental breeder reactor Numbered 1 (EBR–1), National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho,$1,000,000. Project 60–e–2, portable gas-cooled reactor prototype, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho. $2,500,000. Project 60–e–3, alterations, modifications and additions to MTR–ETR utility, technical and support installations, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $2,000,000. Project 60–e–4, hot cells, $2,500,000. Project 60–e–5, chemical processing plant area utility modifications and improvements, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $750,000. Project 60–e–6, reactor support installations, Nevada Test Site, $500,000. Project 60–e–7, nuclear test plant, Army Reactor Experimental Area (AREA), National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $5,000,000. Project 60–e–8, modifications and additions for test installation for project Pluto, $2,000,000. Project 60–e–9, research and development test plant additions and modifications for project Rover, $4,800,000. Project 60–e–10, general support installations and utilities expansion, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, $4,300,000. Project 60–e–11, natural circulation test plant, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $18,500,000. Project 60–e–12, alterations to Shippingport reactor facilities, $5,000,000. Project 60–e–13, experimental organic cooled reactor, $6,000,000. Project 60–e–14, experimental low-temperature process heat reactor, $4,000,000. Project 60–e–15, power reactor of advanced design capable of utilizing nuclear superheat, to be undertaken either as a cooperative project or conducted solely by the Atomic Energy Commission, $11,000,000.

Reactor Development.—

Project 60–f–1, miscellaneous modifications and additions, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $1,000,000.

Physical Research.—

Project 60–g–1, project Sherwood Plant, $1,000,000. Project 60–g–2, accelerator and reactor modifications, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $1,950,000. Project 60–g–3, transuranium laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,200,000. Project 60–g–4, physics building, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $2,000,000. Project 60–g–5, 10 Mev tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $2,400,000.

Biology and Medicine.—

Project 60–h–1, installations for support of biomedical research projects in atomic energy, $3,000,000.

Isotopes Development.—

Project 60–i–1, high-level radiation development laboratory, $1,600,000. Project 60–i–2, radioisotope process development laboratory, $1,500,000.

Isotopes Development.—

Project 60–j–1, radioisotope production area expansion and modifications, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $300,000.

Community.—

Project 60–k–1, high school additions, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $485,000. Project 60–k–2, real estate development, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $240,000. Project 60–k–3, housing alterations, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $1,000,000.

General Plant Projects.—

$30,882,000.

The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (a), (c), (e), (g), (h), and (i) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project.

The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (b), (d), (f), (j), and (k) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project.

The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsection 101(1) only if it is in accordance with the following:

the project is essential to the common defense and security; and

the new project is required by changes in weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and

it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, including a licensee, on terms satisfactory to the Commission to furnish from a privately owned plant or facility the product or services to be provided in the new project.

By striking therefrom “Project 59–d–10, gas-cooled power reactor, $51,000,000” and substituting therefor “Project 59–d–10, flexible experimental prototype gas-cooled reactor, $30,000,000”.

By striking therefrom “Project 59–e–11, high flux research

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reactor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, design, engineering and advance procurement, $1,000,000” and substituting therefor “Project 59–e–11, high flux research reactor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, $10,000,000”.

By striking therefrom “Project 59–d–12, design and engineering

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study of heavy water moderated power reactor, $2,500,000” and substituting therefor “Project 59–d–12, design and development, heavy water moderated power reactor, $4,500,000”.

Public Law 85–162 is amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows:

Project 58–e–12, liquid metal fuel reactor experiment (LMFRE),

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$17,500,000.

Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, as amended, is further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows:

Project 57–d–3, forty-eight-inch heavy particle cyclotron,

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory. $459,000.

Section 111 of Public Law 85–162, as amended, is further

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amended by striking out the figures “$155,113,000” and “$175,113,000” in subsection (a), and inserting in lieu thereof the figures “$135,–113,000” and “$155,113,000”, and by striking out the figure “$2,750,000” in clause (2) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the figure “$3,600,000”; by striking out the date “June 30, 1959” in clause (3) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the date “June 30, 1960”.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic

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Energy Commission, under the terms and conditions of section 111 of Public Law 85–162, as amended, the sum of $55,500,000 for use in a program not to exceed $65,500,000, to be available for the Commission’s cooperative power reactor demonstration program. Without regard to the provisions of clause (3) of subsection (a) of section 111 of Public Law 85–162, no funds or waiver of use charges authorized by this subsection shall be available on projects already approved under the power demonstration reactor program or on other nuclear power projects already under construction. In connection with such program, the Commission is authorized to waive its charges for the use of special nuclear materials and heavy water for research and development and for a period of not more than five years after initial criticality of the reactor.

Funds appropriated to the Commission pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (b) of this section shall be available to the Commission for the purpose of supplementing its Third Round power reactor demonstration program to include financial assistance to public and private organizations for research and development in connection with the design, construction, and operation of power reactor prototypes based on established reactor technology. The Commission shall consider, but not be limited to, the following types:

Funds appropriated to the Commission pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (b) of this section shall be available to the Commission for the purpose of reinstituting and supplementing the Second Round of its power reactor demonstration program to provide for the development, design, construction and operation of two reactor prototypes in accordance with subsection 111(a) (1) of Public

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Law 85–162 and which shall be based on established reactor technology. There are also authorized to be appropriated such additional funds as may be necessary for the operation of such reactor prototypes, as provided in subsection 111(a) (1) of Public Law 85–162. The Commission shall consider, but not be limited to, the following types:

In the event the Commission solicits proposals for any prototype under subsection (c) or (d) of this section, but no satisfactory proposal is received, the Commission may, if the project is still deemed desirable, proceed with design, construction, and operation of such prototype at a Commission installation and funds authorized by subsection (b) shall be available for the purposes of this subsection (e).

Funds appropriated to the Commission, pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (b) of this section, and authorized for the Third Round of the Commission’s power reactor demonstration program shall be available to the Commission for use in a cooperative arrangement to provide financial assistance for research and development in connection with the design, construction, and operation of an advanced, high temperature gas-cooled experimental power reactor in accordance with the basis for an arrangement described in the program justification data submitted by the Commission in support of its authorization proposal for fiscal year 1960: Provided, That, in the event the parties enter into such a cooperative arrangement and proceed with research and development and there is a unilateral abandonment of the research and development or of the construction of the plant for reasons other than (a) a contract amendment under which the Atomic Energy Commission approves such abandonment, or (b) causes beyond the control of the contracting parties and without their fault or negligence (including inability to obtain necessary licenses or regulatory approvals or adequate liability insurance coverage), the Commission shall be reimbursed by the party abandoning the project for its expenditures for research and development under the arrangement except to the extent that the Commission determines that any such expenditures have resulted in the acquisition by the Government of property, patents, or other value.

the Commission is authorized to obtain the participation of such person or persons to the fullest extent consistent with the Commission’s direction of the project and ownership of the reactor;

the reactor plant may be constructed upon a site provided by a participating party with or without compensation;

the reactor plant shall be operated by, or under contract with, the Commission, for such period of time as the Commission determines to be advisable for research and development purposes and for such additional period as the Commission may determine to be necessary in the best interest of the Government. Upon the expiration of such period, the Commission may offer the reactor plant and its appurtenances for sale to a participating party or parties at a price to reflect appropriate depreciation, but not to include construction costs assignable to research and development, or the Commission may dismantle the reactor plant and its appurtenances;

the Commission may sell steam to a participating party at rates based upon the present cost of, or the projected cost of, comparable steam from a plant using conventional fuels at the reactor location; and

any steam sold shall be used for industrial, manufacturing or other commercial purposes, or for research and development related thereto, but shall not be used for the generation of electric power for sale. The participating party or parties shall provide facilities required for such utilization of the steam generated by the nuclear plant.

the electric energy generated may be used by the Commission in connection with the operation of such installation and the Commission is authorized to make necessary adjustments in its contract with the power supplier at such installation to provide for the interchange of reactor generated power into the transmission system of the supplier;

the Commission is authorized to obtain the participation of private, cooperative, or public organizations to the fullest extent consistent with the Commission direction of the project, ownership of the reactor, and utilization of the electric energy generated; and

the power reactor constructed shall be operated by, or under contract with, the Commission, for such period of tune as the Commission determines to be advisable for research and development purposes and for such additional period as the Commission may determine to be necessary in the best interest of the Government. Upon the expiration of such period the Commission may offer the reactor and its appurtenances for sale to any public, private or cooperative power organization at a price to reflect appropriate depreciation but not to include construction costs assignable to research and development, or the Commission may dismantle the reactor and its appurtenances.

prototype reactor for nuclear tankers;

reactor for remote military installations; and

other reactor types.