Proposed Amendments to Price-Anderson Act Relating to Waiver of Defenses: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session. July 19, 20, and 21, 1966U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 345 páginas Considers H.R. 15913 and companion S. 3548, to amend Atomic Energy Act of 1954 relating to uniform method of recovery of damages under Price-Anderson nuclear indemnity legislation. |
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Página 212 - ... conduct of the claimant or fault of persons indemnified, (ii) any issue or defense as to charitable or governmental immunity, and (iii) any issue or defense based on any statute of limitations if suit is instituted within three years from the date on which the claimant first knew, or reasonably could have known, of his injury or damage and the cause thereof, but in no event more than twenty years after the date of the nuclear incident.
Página 331 - Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Página 13 - nuclear incident" means any occurrence, including an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, within the United States causing, within or outside the United States, bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or loss of or damage to property, or loss of use of property, arising out of or resulting from the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of source, special nuclear, or byproduct material...
Página 262 - Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, 367 US 396, 408, 81 S.Ct.
Página 254 - Where unfavorable physical characteristics of the site exist, the proposed site may nevertheless be found to be acceptable if the design of the facility includes appropriate and adequate compensating engineering safeguards.
Página 135 - No governmental agency is liable for injuries or damages caused by defective highways unless the governmental agency knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known...
Página 254 - ... cannot make" necessary licensing or rulemaking determinations — such as that a proposed facility can be constructed and operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the public...
Página 266 - Commission that the final design provides reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered.
Página 239 - I was employed by the department of water and power of the city of Los Angeles and had been for many years, as both clients of course knew.
Página 266 - Upon the completion of the construction or modification of the facility, upon the filing of any additional information needed to bring the original application up to date, and upon finding that the facility authorized has been constructed and will operate in conformity with the application as amended and in conformity with the provisions of this Act and of the rules and regulations of the Commission...