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PUBLIC LAW 85-691^AUG. 6, 1968

(c) I n the conduct of the work under this section, the Commission is authorized to obtain the participation of private, cooperative, or public power organizations to the fullest extent consistent with the Commission direction of the project, ownership of the reactor, and utilization of the electric energy generated. (d) The power reactor facility constructed 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 for national defense purposes. Upon the expiration of such period the Commission may offer the reactor and its appurtenances for sale to any public, private, or cooperative power group 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. (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if the Commission determines, at any time within sixty days after the announcement provided for in subsection (a) that (i) any public, private, or cooperative power group, equipment manufacturer, or other persons or organization has designed and is ready to construct and operate such a reactor at its own expense and not in conjimction with any cooperative arrangement with the Commission and (ii) the purposes of the gas-cooled reactor project 59-d-lO as a part of the Commission's reactor-development program would be substantially fulfilled by the construction and operation of the reactor by such group, equipment manufacturer, or other person or organization, then the Commission shall not be obligated to proceed with such project under this section. SEC. 111. DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES.—The Commission shall proceed with sufficient design work, together w4th appropriate engineering and development work, necessary for the Commission to begin construction as soon as practicable after authorization by the Congress of the type of reactor authorized by project 59-d-12. The Commission shall submit to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy reports on the studies for projects 59-d-12 and 59-d-14 by April 1, 1959, and for project 59-d-13 by May 1, 1959. SEC. 112. INCREASE I N PRIOR PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.—(a) Public Law 84-506 is amended by striking out the figure "$2,140,000" for project 57-h-2, physics building, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and substituting therefor the figure "$:3,040,000." (b) Public Law 85-162 is amended by striking out the figure "$4,000,000" for project 58-e-7, waste calcination system. National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, and substituting therefor the figure "$6,000,000". Approved August 4, 1958.

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70 Stat. 127.

71 Stat. 403.

Public Law 85-591 AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of the remaining property in square 725 in the District of Columbia for the purpose of extension of the site of the additional office building for the United States Senate or for the purpose of addition to the United States Capitol Grounds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the real property contained in square 725 in the District of Columbia heretofore acquired as a site for an additional office building for the United States Senate under the provisions of the Second Deficiency 98395-59-PT. 1-32

August 6, 1958 p. 495]

Senate O f f i c e BuUdii« Coinnission. Property acquisition.

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