RE: US Energy Dep't cites nuclear lab over safety

["Minnema, Douglas" <Douglas.Minnema@ns.doe.gov>]

Bill and others,

I want to correct a misunderstanding here.  It was Congress, in the
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988, who exempted the University of
California and other educational and not-for-profit contractors from the
fines, not DOE.  We are only carrying out their mandate.  To change that
takes an act of Congress, not regulation by a third party.

Our experience has actually been that the press releases and subsequent
media interest have been as effective in getting the proper attention from
the sites as are the fines.

Doug Minnema, PhD, CHP
Defense Programs, NNSA

what few thoughts i have are truly my own...

-----Original Message-----
From: William V Lipton [mailto:liptonw@dteenergy.com]
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:05 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: US Energy Dep't cites nuclear lab over safety


This is just one more indication that DOE facilities should be subject to
NRC
regulation; or, as a minimum, to some equivalent  3rd party regulation.
They should
NOT be exempt from fines.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

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