Clinton budget extends nuclear user fees in 2001

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Note: From the article below:

> In the Clinton budget, the nuclear agency set forth goals for 2001 
> to have zero radiation-related deaths and illnesses in connection 
> with the operation of the 103 civilian reactors, a goal it met in 
> 1999.  

OK ... how does one validate that this goal was met in 1999, or for 
that matter, any year? If asked the question, as they should be, 
what plausible answer can they give? Establishing zero defects (or 
in this case deaths or illness) as a goal is pretty ludicrous. Nice, 
but in most cases, unattainable (if proven even)!

Monday February 7, 3:07 pm Eastern Time

Clinton budget extends nuclear user fees in 2001

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Clinton administration fiscal 
year 2001 budget released Monday seeks to extend the collection 
of user fees from applicants and licensee nuclear plant owners to 
pay for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) operations.  

The budget proposal, which sets spending plans from Oct. 1 of this 
year, said extension of the current user fees would pay for around 
98 percent of the NRC's proposed $492 million annual budget in 
2001.  

By fiscal 2005, fees would pay for 90 percent of NRC expenses. 
The current agency budget for fiscal 2000 is $469 million. The NRC 
regulates the nation's civilian nuclear reactors  and medical and 
industrial use of nuclear materials and the disposal of nuclear 
waste.  

In the Clinton budget, the nuclear agency set forth goals for 2001 to 
have zero radiation-related deaths and illnesses in connection with 
the operation of the 103 civilian reactors, a goal it met in 1999.  

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