SHOOTOUT AT CLINCH RIVER 



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Visit to the site for a firsthand look and discussion of the proposed Clinch River Breeder 

 Reactor: From left, front row, Representatives Gary A. Myers (Republican of Pennsylvania), 

 Richard L. Ottinger (Democrat of New York), Walter Flowers (Democrat of Alabama), Olin 

 E. Teague (Democrat of Texas), Marilyn Lloyd (Democrat of Tennessee); and John J. Duncan 

 (Republican of Tennessee). 



THE OVERSIGHT INVESTIGATION IN EUROPE 



At the end of May and early June 1977, Teague led an 8-member 

 committee delegation on an oversight trip to Europe. In the investiga- 

 tion they conferred with officials of the International Atomic Energy 

 Agency and French Atomic Energy Commission, and visited the site 

 of France's operating breeder reactor, the Phenix, which is approxi- 

 mately the size of the proposed CRBR. Those making the trip were 

 Teague, Wydler, Milford, Myers, Scheuer, Harkin, Dornan, and 

 Hollenbeck. As noted in chapter X, Wydler submitted two reports 

 and also wrote to President Carter following the trip, decrying the 

 apparent fact that the United States was slipping in breeder reactor 

 technology and yielding leadership to European nations. 



One of the most impressive parts of the trip was the visit to the 

 International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. On May 29, 

 1977, the congressional delegation had a lengthy question-and-answer 

 session, led by Dr. John A. Hall, the American Deputy Director for 

 Administration of the Agency. Represented at the meeting were 

 Poland, Austria, Belgium, Norway, the United Kingdom, the U.S.S.R., 



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