Defense Department Authorization and Oversight: Title IU.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - United States |
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Page 415 - ... the Coast Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 264 - Procedures used by the Navy to control discharges of radioactivity from US Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities have been effective in protecting the environment and the health and safety of the general public. Independent radiological environmental monitoring performed by the US Environmental . Protection Agency and states have confirmed the adequacy of these procedures.
Page 238 - Releases at Sea Radioactive liquids incidental to the operation of the nuclear propulsion plants are released at sea under strict controls. These ocean releases are consistent with recommendations the Council on Environmental Quality made in 1970 to the President in reference 25, and consistent with the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, reference 26.
Page 237 - Tritium Small amounts of tritium are formed in reactor coolant systems as a result of neutron interaction with the approximately 0.015 percent of naturally occurring deuterium present in water, and other nuclear reactions. Although tritium has a 12 year half-life, the radiation produced is of such low energy that the radioactivity concentration guide issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the US Nuclear Regulatory...
Page 55 - Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the committee. I welcome this opportunity to appear before you and discuss some of our requirements in the fiscal year 1986 aviation procurement, Navy APN account.
Page 688 - ... Admiral Robert F. Schoultz spent his youth in Omaha, Nebraska. He entered the Navy as a student in the University of Nebraska's NROTC program and earned his wings and commission in September 1945. Early in his career, Vice Admiral Schoultz served in a variety of capacities in torpedo and attack squardons and aboard USS MIDWAY (CVA 41). In 1960, following duty on the Staff of the Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, he served as Executive Officer and then as Commanding Officer, Attack Squadron...
Page 382 - This budget request contains the best estimate of the cost and mix of those weapons. The procurement requirements contained in this request reflect the Navy's best plan for achievement of inventory requirements based...
Page 130 - Navy requires a balanced mix of ships and capability to provide adequate forces to permit a flexible response in conventional warfare and a secure nuclear deterrent force. We must retain sufficient naval forces to support the national strategy and to permit our national leadership a choice of responses over the full range of threats to our national security and treaty commitments. The Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations have provided in their testimony a clear statement of our...
Page 236 - However, trace quantities of naturally occurring uranium impurities in reactor structural materials release small amounts of fission products to reactor coolant. The concentrations of fission products and the volumes of reactor coolant released are so low, however, that the total radioactivity attributed to long-lived fission product radionuclides, strontium 90 and cesium 137, in releases from US Naval nuclear-powered ships and their support facilities has been less than 0.001 curie per year for...
Page 233 - Discharges of radioactivity from ships occur primarily when reactor coolant water expands as a result of being heated to operating temperature; this coolant passes through a purification system ion exchange resin bed prior to being transferred from the ship. The principal source of radioactivity in liquid wastes is from trace amounts of corrosion and wear products from reactor plant metal surfaces in contact with reactor cooling water. Radionuclides with half -lives greater than one day in these...