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 89 STAT. 1114 42 USC 2210.

42 USC 2133.

42 USC 2134. 42 USC 2235.

Survey of causes and damages, report to Joint eommittee on Atomic Energy and members of Congress.

Supplemental report to Joint eommittee on Atomic Energy.

PUBLIC LAW 94-197—DEC. 31, 1975 SEC. 7. Subsection 170 f. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "f. The Commission is authorized to collect a fee from all persons with whom an indemnification agreement is executed under this section. This fee shall be $30 per year per thousand kilowatts of thermal energy capacity for facilities licensed under section 103: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to reduce the fee for such facilities in reasonable relation to increases in financial protection required above a level of $60,000,000. For facilities licensed under section 104, and for construction permits under section 185, the Commission is authorized to reduce the fee set forth above. The Commission shall establish criteria in writing for determination of the fee for facilities licensed under section 104, taking into consideration such factors as (1) the type, size, and location of facility involved, and other factors pertaining to the hazard, and (2) the nature and purpose of the facility. For other licenses, the Commission shall collect such nominal fees as it deems appropriate. No fee under this subsection shall be less than $100 per year.". SEC. 8. The last sentence of subsection 170 h. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by striking "may include reasonable" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall not include". SEC. 9. Subsection 170 i. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "i. After any nuclear incident which will probably require payments by the United States under this section or which will probably result in public liability claims in excess of $560,000,000, the Commission shall make a survey of the causes and extent of damage which shall forthwith be reported to the Joint Committee, to the Congressmen of the affected districts, and to the Senators of the affected States, and, except for information which would cause serioTis damage to the national defense of the United States, all final findings shall be made available to the public, to the parties involved and to the courts. The Commission shall report to the Joint Committee by April 1, 1958, and every year thereafter on the operations under this section.". SEC. 10. (a) Subsection 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting the date "August 1, 1977" wherever it appears and substituting therefor the date "August 1, 1987". (b) Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended by striking "including the reasonable" and inserting in lieu thereof "excluding". SEC. 11. Subsection 170 1. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by striking "including the reasonable" and inserting in lieu thereof "excluding". SEC. 12. Section 170 n. (1) (iii) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by striking "ten years" and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty years". SEC. 13. Subsection 170 o. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding at the end of the second sentence in subparagraph (3) the words "and shall include establishment of priorities between claimants and classes of claims, as necessary to insure the most equitable allocation of available funds.", and by adding a new subparagraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) the Commission shall, within ninety days after a court shall have made such determination, deliver to the Joint Committee a supplement to the report prepared in accordance with subsection 170 i. of this Act setting forth the estimated requirements for full compensation and relief of all claimants, and recommendations as to the relief to be provided.".

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