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442 Cannon House
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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
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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson Seeks to Extend Price-Anderson Act January 09, 2003
 
Bill would help ensure clean, affordable energy for the future


Washington, DC - Congresswoman Heather Wilson has introduced a bill to extend the Price-Anderson Act, an Act originally co-authored by a New Mexico U.S. Senator forty-four years ago. The bill passed the House and was included in the Senate Energy package in the 107th Congress. An agreement was reached on this provision by both houses but remained in the unresolved Energy Conference when the 107th Congress adjourned.

“Price-Anderson is a critical component of our national energy policy. Nuclear energy is a viable energy source that helps us keep our air clean and reduces our reliance on foreign sources of energy,” said Wilson.

Wilson’s bill will extend the Price-Anderson Act nuclear accident liability system through 2017. The Act requires nuclear power producers to jointly pay for damages to the public from a severe accident and places a cap on total industry payments. Authority for new reactors to be included in the system expired in August 2002. The bill also extends provisions that cover contractors who operate Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facilities.

The Price-Anderson Act, first passed in 1957 as part of the Atomic Energy Act, would provide immediate and substantial insurance compensation to the public in the highly unlikely event of a nuclear accident at a commercial power plant or a DOE facility. It provides coverage for precautionary evacuations and emergency out-of-pocket expenses of those evacuated. The Act also consolidates in a single federal court all lawsuits arising from an accident and reduces delays often associated with such cases. The federal payout provisions in the Act have never been used, but its existence has allowed private investment in nuclear energy to go forward.



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