900 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



Field trip to Barnwell, S.C., Nuclear Fuel Plant. From left, Representatives Mike McCor- 

 mack (Democrat of Washington), John \X - . Wydler (Republican of New York), and Toby 

 Roth (Republican of Wisconsin). 



The jurisdiction of the McCormack subcommittee was outlined in 

 1979 as follows: 



Legislation and other matters relating to research, development and demonstra- 

 tion involving nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, electric energy systems and energy- 

 storage, geothermal and hydroelectric energy systems, basic energy sciences, high 

 energy and nuclear physics, and policy and management programs of the Department 

 of Energy. 



The McCormack subcommittee voted a net increase of over $200 

 million in the nuclear fission area — which was about 10 percent over 

 the President's budget. Aside from the big increase for the CR.BR, the 

 subcommittee voted the following changes: 



Added $27. 4 million to thermal reactor technology. 



Added $6.75 million for waste treatment technology. 



Added $5 million for waste solidification at West Valley, N.Y. 



Funded CRBR for $183-8 million, and reduced breeder reactor studies sub-pro- 

 gram by $40 million, for a net increase in LMFBR program of $143.8 million. 



Added $10.5 million to fuel cycle R&D for continued studies at Barnwell, S.C., 

 Nuclear Fuel Plant. 



Added $70 million for enriched uranium production facilities at Portsmouth, 

 Ohio. 



Authorized funding of $5 million for the Department of Energy to establish an 

 operations training program for all civilian nuclear power plant operating personnel, 

 including supervisory personnel (Ertcl amendment adopted in full committee). 



