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 87-315 (H.R.7576), enacted 09/26/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-316-SEPT. 26, 1961 
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Public Law 87-315 
AN ACT 
September 26, 1961 
[H. R. 7576] 
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. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
cj^^i^sion^^ro- United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
priatlon. 
S E O . 1 0 1 . P L A N T OR FACILITY ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION. 
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prop''erty,*etc?°" °' is herebjT authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Com-
mission in accordance with the provisions of section 261a(l) of the 
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-Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $226,440,000 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 62-a-l, modifications to production and supporting instal-
lations, $7,500,000. 
Project 62-a-2, fission product recovery, phase II, Hanford, Wash-
ington, $1,500,000. 
Project 62-a-3, modifications for improved natural fuel elements. 
Savannah River, South Carolina, $3,950,000. 
Project 62-a-4, solvent purification installation, Savaniiah River, 
South Carolina, $500,000. 
Project 62-a-5, additional reactor confinement, Savannah River, 
South Carolina, $3,000,000. 
(b) 
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 62-b-l, relocation of Clinch River pumping station. Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, $1,425,000. 
Project 62-b-2, feed vaporization building, Paducah, Kentucky, 
$585,000. 
Project 62-b-3, permanent Gallaher Bridge, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
$1,265,000. 
(c) 
ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 62-c-l, weapons production, development, and test instal-
lations, $7,500,000. 
Project 62-C-2, specialized plant addition and modification, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, $3,500,000. 
Project 62-C-3, Tandem Van de Graaff facility, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $3,500,000. 
(d) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 62-d-l, test plant for Project SNAP, Santa Susana, 
California, $3,375,000. 
Project 62-d-2- experimental beryllium oxide reactor, National 
Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $8,000,000. 
Project 62-d-3, fuels recycle pilot plant, Hanford, Washington, 
$5,000,000. 
Project 62-d-4, high radiation level analytical laboratory, Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $2,000,000. 
Project 62-d-5, improvements to radioactive liquid waste system, 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,700,000. 
Project 62-d-6, experimental organic cooled reactor loops, National 
Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $6,000,000. 
Project 62-d-7, ultrahigh temperature reactor experiment building, 
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $3,500,000. 
(e) 
REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 62-e-l, additional transient housing, Argonne National 
Laboratory, Illinois, $300,000. 
Project 62-e-2, technical services building. National Reactor Test-
ing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. 
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Project 62-e-3, instrumentation and health physics building, Brook-
haven National Laboratory, New York, $2,000,000. 
(f) 
PHYSICAL KESEARCH.— 
Project 62-f-l, modifications to CP-5 reactor and low energy^ ac-
celerator 
installations, Argonne 
National 
Laboratory, 
Illinois, 
$1,650,000. 
Project 62-f-2, accelerator and reactor additions and modifications, 
Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $1,875,000. 
Project 62-f-3, accelerator improvements, Cambridge and Prince-
ton accelerators, $500,000. 
Project 62-f-4, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation Lab-
oratory, California, $550,000. 
(g) 
PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 62-g-l, high energy physics laboratory, Argonne National 
Laboratory, Illinois, $6,900,000. 
Project 62-g-2, chemistry laboratory, Brookhaven National l a b -
oratory. New York, $6,000,000. 
Project 62-g-3, cosmotron laboratory addition, Brookhaven Na-
tional Laboratory, New York, $525,000. 
Project 62-g-4, mechanical shops building, Lawrence Radiation 
Laboratory, California, $2,640,000. 
Project 62-g-5, physics building. University of Chicago, Illinois, 
$800,000. 
(h) 
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.— 
Project 62-h-l, laboratory for mixed fission product inhalation 
studies, Lovelace Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $2,000,000. 
(i) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.— 
Project 62-i-l, cell physiology laboratories. Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Tennessee, $500,000. 
Project 62-i-2, mammalian genetics laboratories, Oak Ridge Na-
tional Laboratory, Tennessee, $760,000. 
Project 62-i-3, controlled environment laboratory, Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, New York, $1,000,000. 
Project 62-i-4, animal bioradiological laboratory, Lawrence Radia-
tion Laboratory, California, $700,000. 
(j) 
COMMUNITY.— 
Project 62-j-l, additional junior high school construction, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, $1,750,000. 
Project 62-J-2, additional elementary school construction, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, $700,000. 
Project 62-J-3, Mesa public library addition, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $70,000. 
Project 62-J-4, real estate development, Los Alamos County, New 
Mexico, $410,000. 
(k) 
GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$34,510,000. 
SEC 102. LIMITATIONS.—(a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any i)roject set forth in subsections 101 (a), (c), (d), (f), and (h), 
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. 
(b) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in 
subsections 101 (b), (e), (g), (i), and (j), only if the currently esti-
mated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum 
the es'^imated 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 
currently estimated cost of any building included in such project 
shall be $10,000. 
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2. For all other programs, the maximum currently estimated 
cost of any project shall be $600,000 and the maximum currently 
estimated cost of any building included in such a 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. 
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103. ADVANCE PLANNING AND DESIGN.—There are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated funds for advance planning, construc-
tion design, and architectural services, in connection with projects 
which are not otherwise authorized by law, and the Atomic Energy 
Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise avail-
able to it for such purposes. 
SEC. 104. KESTORATION 
OR REPLACEMENT.—There 
are 
hereby 
authorized to be appropriated funds necessary to restore or to replace 
plants or facilities destroyed or otherwise seriously damaged, and the 
Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or 
otherwise available to it for such purposes. 
SEC. 105, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FUNDS.—In addition to the sums 
authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission by 
section 101 of this Act, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
to the Atomic Energy Commission to accomplish the purposes of this 
Act such sums of money as may be currently available to the Atomic 
Energy Commission. 
SEC. 106. SUBSTITUTIONS.—Funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to start any other 
new project for which an estimate was not included in this Act if it 
be a substitute for a project or portion of a project authorized in sub-
sections 101(a), (b), and (c^ and the estimated cost thereof is within 
the limit of cost of the project for which substitution is to be made, 
and the Commission certifies that— 
(a) the project is essential to the common defense and security; 
(b) the new project is required by changes in weapon charac-
teristics or weapon logistic operations; and 
(c) it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, includ-
ing a licensee, on terms satisfactorv to the Commission to furnish 
from a privately owned plant or facility the product or services 
to be provided in the new project. 
SEC. 107. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.—(a) Section 101 of 
74 Stat. 120. 
Public Law 86-457 is amended by striking therefrom the figure 
"$211,476,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$338,476,000". 
74 Stat. 121. 
(b) Section 101(f) of Public Law 86-457 is amended by striking 
therefrom "Project 61-f-7, design and engineering, linear electron 
accelerator, $3,000,000" and substituting therefor "Project 61-f-7, 
linear electron accelerator, $114,000,000". 
74 Stat. 120. 
(c) Section 101(d) of Public Law 86-457 is amended by striking 
therefrom the figure "$24,000,000" for project 61-d-9, advanced test 
reactor, and substituting therefor the figure "$40,000,000". 
SEC. 108. PROJECT RESCISSIONS.—(a) Public Law 86-457 is amended 
by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds 
heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 61-b-2, high-velocity test track, Sandia Base, New Mexico, 
$2,100,000. 
73 Stat. 81. 
(jj) Public Law 86-50, as amended, is further amended by rescinding 
therefrom authorization for projects, except for funds heretofore obli-
gated, as follows: 
Project 60-a-2, prototype installations, gaseous diffusion plants, 
$1,000,000. 
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Project 60-b-l, cylinder storage area, Paducah, Kentucky, $500,000. 
(c) Public Law 85-590, as amended, is further amended by rescind- 
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ing therefrom authorization for projects, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 59-C-9, test assembly building, $510,000. 
Project 59-d-l, reprocessing pilot plant, Oak Kidge National Lab-
oratory, Tennessee, $3,500,000. 
Project 59-d-3, fast reactor safety testing station, Nevada test site, 
$1,367,000. 
(d) Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further amended by rescind- 
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ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 58-b-6, additions to gaseous diffusion plants, $6,600,000. 
(e) Public Law 84r-506, as amended, is further amended by rescind- 
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ing therefrom authorization for projects, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 57-a-6, charging and discharging system, Hanford, Wash-
ington, $3,450,000. 
SEO. 109. COOPERATIVE POWER REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
(a) Section 111 of Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further 
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amended by striking out the date "June 30,1961," in clause (3) of sub-
section (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the date "June 30,1962." 
(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic 
Energy Commission the sum of $7,000,000 to be available, in addition 
to the funds heretofore authorized, for carrying out the Commission's 
power reactor demonstration program in accordance with the terms 
and conditions provided in sections 110 and 112 of Public Law 86-50. 
'^ stat. 84, 86. 
The maximum amount of the program authorization, specified in sub-
section 110(b) of Public Law 86-50 and section 109 of Public Law 
86-457, is increased by $12,000,000. In addition to the amounts 
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authorized under subsection 110(c) of Public Law 86-50 and section 
109 of Public Law 86-457, the Commission is authorized to use funds 
not to exceed $7,000,000 in the aggregate, to provide research and 
develoj)ment assistance in support of unsolicited proposals from the 
utility industry to construct nuclear power plants. 
(c) Funds appropriated to the Commission pursuant to the author-
ization contained in subsections (b) and (d) of section 110 of Public 
Law 86-50 shall be available to the Commission, notwithstanding the 
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provisions of section 111(f) of Public Law 85-162, for a cooperative 
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arrangement in accordance with the basis for an agreement described 
in the progjram justification data for arrangement numbered 60-110-2, 
a cooperative power reactor project designated as the LaCrosse boil-
ing water reactor. 
SEC. 110. DISPOSITION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY.— 
(a) Electric energy produced during the operating life of the elec-
tric generating facilities constructed under section 101(a) shall be 
delivered by the Commission at the site of said generating facilities 
to, and pursuant to agreement with, the Secretary of the Interior 
who shall transmit and dispose of such energy under the terms pre-
scribed by section 44 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 
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(b) Allocation of costs to the production of such electric energy 
shall be made jointly by the Commission and the Secretary of the 
Interior, and, in the event of disagreement, shall be made by the 
President. Costs so allocated shall be returned to the Treasury from 
revenue derived by the Secretary from the disposition of electric 
energy marketed through the Bonneville Power Administration. 
Approved September 26, 1961.