Reactor operations at Hanford are to be conducted in the future under a new contract clause on nuclear health and safety, which sets up a form of AEC control somewhat akin to the licensing and regulatory function of the Commission with respect to commercial nuclear plants. As this transition in functional responsibilities approaches, it seems appropriate to review the record of more than 100 reactor-years of General Electric operation at Hanford, and to give an accounting of stewardship in regard to the all-important matter of nuclear safety in the production reactor operations. For the purposes of this review the events since General Electric assumed responsibility for plant operations in 1946 may be grouped into three periods. The first of these might be termed {open_quotes}The Early Years{close_quotes} and covers the period 1946 through 1952. During this time three additional reactors were placed on the line to supplement the original three war-built reactors. Power levels about doubled over the span, but there were relatively few changes from the original concepts of reactor design and operation, including the approach to reactor safeguards. A second period, 1953 through 1958, saw substantial advances in technology which led to new reactors, new loadings, and sharply increased …

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Reimbursement of travel expenses for new members of the State Banking and State Depository Boards.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of contract between Air National Guard and City of Grand Prairie.

This report presents preliminary planning information which supplements two prior special reactor study reports. It is the purpose of this study to consider expedited reactivation of reactors and to evaluate the factors which are likely to be controlling to, or have a major influence on the time required to reactivate one or more of Hanford`s six small reactors after an assumed period in the lay-away status. It is assumed that the methods to be applied in preserving and protecting inactive equipment and facilities will be such that the plants which are shut down will to the greatest extent practicable, be laid away with all essential equipment and systems assembled and in an operable state of repair. It should be noted that, at best, the data presented herein represents ``educated guesses``. No rigorous development of specifications, procedures, or technical bases for laying away or reactivating these reactors has been undertaken.

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