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detailed in my written testimony, Mr. Chairman, with your permis- 

 sion. But suffice it to say, that our working linkages are extensive 

 and that through them we have come to understand that direct sci- 

 entist to scientist, institute to institute collaboration must serve as 

 the basis for the funding support decisions that are made in Mos- 

 cow and Washington. 



We applaud your efforts in Congress, Mr. Chairman, to move this 

 matter expeditiously in the appropriations process. 



In closing, I submit that the success of any framework for action 

 rests on organizational relations that share the following character- 

 istics: One, a vested and direct interest. Two, an institutional com- 

 mitment. Three, linkages that can transcend national and inter- 

 national boundaries. The principal organizations represented by my 

 colleagues, from which you will now hear, manifest all of these 

 characteristics as well as a large base of technical and scientific ex- 

 pertise. I represent the commitment of these organizations to the 

 success of pursuing these questions, and we are prepared, of 

 course, to seek and accept additional collaborative expertise as ap- 

 propriate. 



Mr. Chairman, the Institute of Nuclear Safety of the Russian 

 Academy of Sciences, represented by Professor Bolshov; the Pacific 

 Northwest Laboratories Batelle, represented by Mr. Shipp; and the 

 University of Alaska, represented by Professor Alexander £uid Dr. 

 Lee Gorsuch, stand ready, willing £ind able to direct their energies 

 and expertise to this important problem. Thank you. 



Senator MuRKOWSKl. Thank you. Dr. Proenza. 



Dr. William Shipp. 



STATEMENT OF DR. WILLIAM SfflPP, REACTOR TECHNOLOGY 

 CENTER, BATELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 



Dr. Shipp. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. This is indeed 

 a unique opportunity in order to present not only framing a prob- 

 lem but a potential solution to that problem, and I commend you 

 for allowing us to do that. 



The Pacific Northwest Laboratory is a multi-program national 

 laboratory operated for the Department of Energy by the Batelle 

 Memorial Institute. Most of the facilities at PNL, if you'll allow me 

 to use the acronjon, are located in Richland, Washington. However, 

 we have a marine sciences laboratory at Sequim, Washington on 

 the Puget Soiuid. PNL represents a multidisciplinary organization 

 with over 4,000 scientists and engineers and support staff that are 

 dedicated to a variety of activities primsirily with the Department 

 of Energy, but we are involved with most federal agencies and sev- 

 ered hundred industrial clients as well. 



Over the course of the 25 years that Batelle Memorial Institute 

 has operated the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, we have conducted 

 environmental research in a variety of areas, both nucleEu* and non- 

 nuclear, that have direct applications to the Arctic environment. Of 

 particular significance to the Arctic situation is our very real 

 unique capability of radiochemistry, where we can take very large 

 samples of both air and water and condense them down and do 

 state-of-the-art, at the lowest level, radionuclide determinations. 

 We have participated in many programs of this type over the years. 

 We own a G-3 aircraft that is completely equipped with environ- 



