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In Washington DC
442 Cannon House
Office Building
Washington, DC
20515
202-225-6316 Phone
202-225-4975 Fax
In Albuquerque
20 First Plaza NW
Suite 603
Albuquerque, NM
87102
505-346-6781 Phone
505-346-6723 Fax

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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson`s Nuclear Energy Bill Passes House November 27, 2001
 
Measure Will Provide Communities with Needed Resources in the Event of Nuclear Accidents
Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Representative Heather Wilson to extend the Price-Anderson nuclear liability system through August 2017. Originally enacted in 1957 with an expiration date of August 2002, Price-Anderson provides guaranteed financial protection and streamlined payment for the public in the event of a nuclear accident. The Act requires nuclear power producers to purchase the maximum amount of insurance available, currently $200 million per reactor, and to participate in a mutual insurance pool, for a total amount of financial protection of approximately $9.5 billion. “Price-Anderson is a public protection program ensuring that the public has the resources available to cope with a nuclear accident, covering expenses from evacuation to medical care to property damage,” said Wilson. “It is important that we keep this program in place for the years ahead.” Additionally, the House-passed measure requires the president to report to Congress on what steps the federal government will take to improve security at nuclear facilities and the bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue rules relating to enhanced security at nuclear facilities and the transportation of nuclear materials. The bill also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to apply health and safety standards that are substantially similar to those imposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) at the nuclear facilities it operates. “This reauthorization ensures that the federal government will be able to continue to call on the best American corporations to operate government owned nuclear facilities, and clean up its facilities,” said Wilson. “New Mexicans deserve no less than the strongest protection we can provide.”
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