An Act to authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.
PL 88-72 (S.1745), enacted 07/22/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-72-JULY 22, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
July 22, 1963 
- [S. 1745] 
Public Law 88-72 
AN ACT 
T() authorize appropriations for the Atomic Kiiergy Comiuission iu aoc-ordaiice 
with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Atomic Energy 
Commission. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
71 Stat. 274. 
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Be it e'rmcted hy the Senate and House of Rep^reHentatrvea of the 
United States of ATnerlca in Congress assemhled^ 
SEC. 101. PLANT OR FACILITY ACQUISITION OR CoNSTRucrnoN.—There 
is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Com-
mission in accordance with the provisions of section 261 a. (1) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $172,562,000 for 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, as follows: 
(a) 
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 64-a-l, modifications to production and supporting installa-
tions, $5,000,000. 
Project 64—a-2, waste fractionization facilities. Richland, "Washing-
ton, $3,700,000. 
Project 64-a-3, additional waste storage facilities, iS'ational Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $3,400,000. 
Project 64-a-4, additional waste storage facilities. Savannah River, 
South Carolina, $7,700,000. 
(b) 
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 64-b-l, additional boiler for heating plant, Richland, Wash-
ington, $700,000. 
(c) ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 64-c-l, weapons production, development, and test installa-
tions, $10,000,000. 
Project 64-C-2, explosive component plant, Mound Laboratory, 
Miamisburg, Ohio, $1,590,000. 
Project 64-C-3, radiography facility, Sandia Base, New" Mexico, 
$275,000. 
Project 64—c-4, nuclear safety facility. Rocky Flats, Colorado. 
$1,500,000. 
Project 64-C-5, fabrication building addition. Rocky Flats, Colo-
rado, $2,140,000. 
(d) i^TOMic WEAPONS.— 
Project 64:-d-l, theoretical and computations building, Lawrence 
Radiation Laboratory, California, $3,500,000. 
Project 64-d-2, additions to administration and computer buildings, 
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $2,400,000. 
Project 64—d-3, technical area utility improvements, Los Alamos 
Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $865,000. 
Project 64—d-4, steamplant addition, Sandia Base, New Mexico, 
$655,000. 
Project 64-d-5. test range improvements, Tonopah, Nevada. 
$760,000. 
Project 64-d-6, base construction, Nevada Test Site, $4,000,000. 
Project 64-d-7, manufacturing standards laboratory. Rocky Flats, 
Colorado, $720,000. 
Project 64—d-8, instrument maintenance and standards addition, 
Y-12 plant. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $590,000. 
Project 64—d-9, addition to development laboratory, Y-12 plant. 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,700,000. 
(e) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 64—e-1, modifications to reactor facilities, $3,000,000. 
Project 64-e-2, fast reactor test facility. National Reactor Testing 
Station, Idaho, $17,000,000. 
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Project 64-e-3, SNAP development and test facilities, Santa 
Susana, California, $500,000. 
Project 64^e-4, nuclear safety engineering test facilities, National 
Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $19,400,000. 
Project 64—e-5, expansion of expended core facility, National 
Keactor Testing Station, Idaho, $3,000,000. 
Project 64-e-6, support facilities for advanced space power systems, 
National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $1,800,000. 
Project 64-e-7, thorium-uranium fuel cycle development facility, 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $7,275,000. 
Project 64-e-8, modifications to CANEL facilities, Middletown, 
Connecticut, $1,455,000. 
Project 64-e-9, research and development test plants for Project 
Rover, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico and Nevada 
Test Site, $3,000,000. 
Project 64-e-lO, modifications to radioactive materials handling 
facilities. Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,000,000. 
Project 64-e-ll, high temperature lattice testing reactor, Richland, 
Washington, $2,500,000. 
(f) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 64-f-l, heating plant boiler No. 5, Argonne National Labo-
ratory, Illinois, $1,500,000. 
(g) 
PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 64-g-l, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation 
Laboratory, California, $750,000. 
Project 64-g-2, accelerator improvements, Argonne National Labo-
ratory, Illinois, $500,000. 
Project 64-g-3, accelerator and reactor additions and modifications, 
Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $1,250,000. 
Project 64-g-4, Tandem Van de Graaff facility, Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, New York, $12,000,000. 
Project 64-g-5, accelerator improvements, Cambridge and Prince-
ton accelerators, $700,000. 
(h) 
PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 64—h-1, modifications and additions to cafeteria, Lawrence 
Radiation Laboratory, California, $250,000. 
Project 64-h-2, steamplant addition, Brookhaven National Labora-
tory, New York, $850,000. 
(i) 
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.— 
Project 64r-i-l, low-level radiation counting facility for clinical 
research, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $430,000. 
Project 64-i-2, additional animal quarters, Lovelace Foundation, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, $500,000. 
Project 64-i-3, addition to agricultural i-esearch laboratory. Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, $685,000. 
Project 64-i-4, molecular biology laboratory. Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Tennessee, $330,000. 
(j) 
COMMUNITY.— 
Project 64-j-l, water distribution system, phase II, White Rock, 
Los Alamos, New Mexico, $625,000. 
Project 64-J-2, classroom additions. Barranca Mesa Elementary 
School, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $224,000. 
Project 64-J-3, additional water well, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 
$194,000. 
(k) 
GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$40,649,000. 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.— (a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any project set forth in subsections 101 (a), (c), (e), and (g), only if 
the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more 
than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. 
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(b) The Conimission is authorized to start any project set forth in 
subsections 101 (b), (d), (f), (h), (i), and (j), only if the currently 
estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per 
centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. 
(c) The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsec-
tion 101 (k) only if it is in accordance with the following: 
1. For community operations, the maximum currently esti-
mated cost of any project shall be $100,000 and the maximum cur-
rently estimated cost of any building .included in such project 
shall be $10,000. 
2. For all other programs, the maximum currently estimated 
cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently 
estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be 
$100,000. 
3. The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
101 (k) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that sub-
section by more than 10 per centum. 
SEC. 
103. 
COOPERATION W I T H PJUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COM-
MUNITY.—There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic 
Energy Commission, in accordance with the provisions of section 261 a. 
71 Stat. 274. 
(^) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of 
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$7,500,000, in addition to the sum of $15,000,000 previously authorized, 
which shall be available for carrying out the purposes of section 3 of 
72 Stat. 1084. 
Public Law 85-846, providing for cooperation with the European 
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Atomic Energy Community. 
SEC. 104. COOPERATIVE POWER REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
71 Stat. 409. 
(a.) Section 111 of Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further 
amended as follows: 
1. By striking out the figure "$3,600,000" in clause (2) of sub-
section (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$4,309,000''. 
2. By striking out the date "June 30,1963" in clause (3) of sub-
section (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the date "June 30,1964". 
(b) The maximum amount of the program authorization, specified 
73 Stat. 84. 
i^^ subsectiou 110(b) of Public Law 86-50, section 109 of Public Law 
74 Stat. 123. 
86-457, sectiou 109 of Public L a w 87-315, and section 110 of Public 
?6 slat: 6^2: 
r^^w 87-701, is increased by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 105. SPECTRAL S H I F T P O W E R REACTOR.— 
(a) The Commission is hereby authorized to enter into cooperative 
arrangements with privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned utilities 
or industrial organizations for participation in the development, 
design, construction, and operation of a Spectral Shift Nuclear Power-
plant for which the sum of $30,000,000 is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated. The Commission is also authorized to waive use charges 
in connection with this project in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000. 
(b) The cooperative arrangements authorized under paragraph (a) 
of this section may be entered into in accordance with either (i) the 
criteria for the third round of the Commission's power reactor demon-
stration program: Provided^ however^ That under any such arrange-
ment the Commission may furnish funds for design assistance without 
regard to the provisions of section 169 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
68 Stat. 952. 
1954; or (ii) an arrangement under the following terms and con-
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ditious: 
(1) The Commission shall provide for the manufacture and 
construction of the nuclear reactor plant. The Commission may 
obtain such participation by the cooperating utility or organiza-
tion as is consistent with Commission ownership and operation of 
the nuclear reactor plant. 
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(2) The cooperating utility or organization shall furnish the 
site and all equipment, facilities, and services necessary for a com-
plete and operable nuclear powerplant except those furnished by 
the Commission as part of the nuclear reactor plant. 
(3) The Commission may enter into a contract with the 
cooperating utility or organization for the operation of the nuclear 
reactor plant, including the training of personnel and other rele-
vant matters. Any sucli contract may be for such period of time 
as the Commission may determine to be advisable for research 
and development purposes and for such additional period as the 
Commission may determine to be necessary in the best interest 
of the Government. 
Upon the expiration of such period, the 
Commission is authorized to offer the nuclear reactor plant for 
sale to the cooperating utility or organization at a price to reflect 
appropriate depreciation, but not to include construction costs 
assignable to research and development; or the Commission may 
dismantle and remove the reactor plant and its appurtenances. 
(4) The Commission, without regard to the provisions of sec-
tion 44 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is author- 
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ized to sell to the cooperating utility or organization the steam 
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produced in the nuclear reactor plant. The price of such steam 
shall be based upon the current or projected cost of steam from 
conventional sources in the area in which the powerplant is con-
structed. Such steam may be used by the cooperating utility or 
organization for the generation of electric energy and any other 
industrial purpose. 
(5) There are authorized to be appropriated such additional 
funds as may be required for the operation of said nuclear power-
plant in accordance with any such arrangement. 
(c) Before the Commission enters into any arrangement or amend-
ment thereto under the authority of subsection (a) of this section, 
the basis for the arrangement or amendment thereto which the Com-
mission proposes to execute (including the name of the proposed par-
ticipating party or parties with whom the arrangement is to be made, 
a general description of the proposed powerplant, the estimated 
amount of cost to be incurred by the Commission and by the partici-
pating parties, and the general features of the proposed arrange-
ment or amendment) shall be submitted to the Joint Committee, and 
a period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in 
computing such forty-five days, there shall be excluded the days on 
which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more 
than three days) : Provided^ hoioever^ That the Joint Committee, after 
having received the basis for a proposed arrangement or amendment 
thereto, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of, or all 
or any portion of, such forty-five day period: Provided further^ That 
such arrangement or amendment shall be entered into in accordance 
with the basis for the arrangement or amendment submitted as pro-
vided herein: And provided further^ That no basis for arrangement 
need be resubmitted to the Joint Committee for the sole reason that 
the estimated amount of the cost to be incurred by the Commission 
exceeds the estimated cost previously submitted to the Joint Com-
mittee by not more than fifteen per centum. 
SEC. 106. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM W m i 
WEST GERMAN AUTHORITIES.—There is hereby authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission, the sum of $5,500,000, for use in a coopera-
tive program of research and development with any person or persons 
in connection with Arbeitagemeinshaft-Versuch Reaktor at Juelich, 
Germany, to be conducted either under the Agreement for Coopera-
tion Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy Between tlie Govern-
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ment of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Federal Republic of Germany signed on the 4th day of July 1957 
as now or hereafter modified, or the additional agreement between 
the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy Com-
munity signed on the 11th day of June 1960 as now or hereafter 
modified. 
SEC. 107. 
Section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is 
amended to read as follows effective January 1, 1964: 
"SEC. 261. APPROPRIATIONS.— 
"a. No appropriation sliall be made to the Commission, nor shall 
the Commission waive charges for the use of materials under the 
Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program, unless 
previously authorized by legislation enacted by the Congress. 
"b. Any Act appropriating funds to the Commission may appro-
priate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upon tlie 
certification of the Commission only. 
"c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a., funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the restoration or 
replacement of any plant or facility destroyed or otherwise seri-
ously damaged, and the Commission is authorized to use available 
funds for such purposes. 
"d. Funds authorized to be appropriated for any construction 
project to be used in connection with the development or produc-
tion of special nuclear material or atomic weapons may be used 
to start another construction project not otherwise authorized if 
the substituted construction project is within the limit of cost of 
the construction project for which substitution is to be made, and 
tlie Commission certifies that— 
"(1) the substituted project is essential to the common 
defense and security; 
"(2) the substituted project is required by changes in 
weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and 
" (3) the Commission is unable to enter into a contract with 
any person on terms satisfactory to it to furnish from a pri-
vately owned plant or facilitv the product or services to be 
provided by the new project. 
Approved July 22, 1963. 
July 22, 1963 
[H. R. 2461] 
Public Law 88-73 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, 
Nevada, at fair market value, certain public lands In the State of Nevada. 
Nevada. 
Public lands, 
conveyance. 
Publication in 
F. R. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathies 
of the. 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That within five 
years after he has advised, by certified mail, the mayor of the city of 
Henderson, Nevada, of the appraised fair market value of the lands 
involved, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to said city the 
fifteen thousand acres of public lands described in section 2 hereof. 
SEC. 2. The lands to be conveyed under section 1 of this Act are 
hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, until said 
Secretary shall provide otherwise by publication of an order in the 
Federal Register, and comprise those fifteen thousand acres situated 
in the State of Nevada more particularly described as follows (all 
range references are to the Mount Diablo base and meridian) :