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 PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

102 STAT. 2075

SEC. 1435. NEW PRODUCTION REACTOR

Reports.

(a) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING N E W PRODUCTION REACTOR.—

Not later than July 31, 1988, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the Secretary's recommendation for the site for construction of a new production reactor and the Secretary's recommendation for the preferred technology for a new production reactor. (b) REPORT CONTAINING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO N E W PRODUCTION REACTOR.—At the same time the budget for fiscal year

1990 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing— (1) a discussion of the administrative and legislative changes that would be necessary to shorten the time period necessary to attain the initial operational date of a new production reactor; and (2) any recommendations for such additional action that the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 1436. NUCLEAR TEST BAN READINESS PROGRAM

42 USC 2121

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings: "°*®' (1) On September 17, 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union announced that they would resume full-scale, stage-bystage negotiations on issues relating to nuclear testing, including further intermediate limitations on nuclear testing leading to the ultimate objective of a comprehensive nuclear test ban. (2) It was agreed that the first step in these negotiations would be to reach agreement on verification measures that will make possible the ratification of the Threshold Test Ban Treaty of 1974 and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of 1976. (3) To achieve the agreement on verification measures, the United States and the Soviet Union have agreed to design and conduct a Joint Verification Experiment at the test sites of each country during the summer of 1988. (4) At the Moscow summit in May 1988, President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev reaffirmed their commitment to negotiations on "effective verification measures which will make it possible to ratify the Threshold Test Ban Treaty of 1974 and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of 1976, and proceed to negotiating further intermediate limitations on nuclear testing leading to the ultimate objective of the complete cessation of nuclear testing as part of an effective disarmament process". (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall Safety. establish and support a program to assure that the United States is in a position to maintain the reliability, safety, and continued deterrent effect of its stockpile of existing nuclear weapons designs in the event that a low-threshold or comprehensive ban on nuclear explosives testing is negotiated and ratified within the framework agreed to by the United States and the Soviet Union. (c) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of the program under Safety. subsection Qj) shall be the following: (1) To assure that the United States maintains a vigorous program of stockpile inspection and non-explosive testing so that, if a low-threshold or comprehensive test ban is entered into, the United States remains able to detect and identify

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