An Act to authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 90-289 (H.R.16324), enacted 04/19/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-289-APR. 19, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
April 19, 1968 
[H. R. 16324] 
Atomic Energy 
Commission. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
77 Stat. 88. 
42 u s e 2017. 
Public Law 90-289 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriatious to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance 
with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enaeted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assemhled^ 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of 
section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: 
(a) For "Operating expenses", $2,174,550,000, not to exceed 
$119,400,000 in operating costs for the High Energy Physics program 
category. 
(b) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, 
acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; 
and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to con-
struction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following: 
(1) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 69-1-a, powder metallurgy facility, Savannah River, South 
Carolina, $700,000. 
Project 69-1-b, waste storage tanks. Savannah River, South Caro-
lina, $3,500,000. 
(2) 
SPECIAL NUCLE.\R MATERIALS.— 
Project 69-2-a, calcined solids storage facility additions, National 
Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $2,100,000. 
(3) 
ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 69-3-a, rehabilitation of plutonium processing site, Los 
Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $3,500,000. 
Project 69-3-b, weapons production, development, and test installa-
tions, $10,000,000. 
(4) 
REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 69-4-a, hot fuel examination facility. National Reactor Test-
ing Station, Idaho, $10,200,000. 
Project 69^r-b, modifications to E B R - I I and related facilities, 
National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $2,000,000. 
Project 69-4-c, research and development test plants, Project Rover, 
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, and Nevada Test Site, 
Nevada, $1,000,000. 
Project 69-4-d, modifications to reactors, $1,000,000. 
(5) 
PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 69-5-a, accelerator and reactor additions and modifications, 
l^rookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $600,000. 
Project 69-5-b, accelerator improvements, zero gradient synchro-
tron, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $875,000. 
Project 69-5-c, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation 
Laboratory, Berkeley, California, $750,000. 
Project 69-5-d, accelerator improvements, Cambridge and Princeton 
accelerators, $145,000. 
Project 69-5-e, accelerator improvements, Stanford Linear Acceler-
ator Center, California, $630,000. 
Project 69-5-f, omnitron accelerator, Lawrence Radiation Labora-
tory, Berkeley, California (AE only), $1,000. 
(6) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$37,010,000. 
Construction de-
sign services. 
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(7) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication of capital 
equipment not related to construction, $175,040,000. 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.—(a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any project set forth in subsections 101(b) (1), (3), (4), and (5) 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 
subsection 101(b)(2) 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(b) (6) only if it is in accordance with the following: 
(1) 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, provided 
that the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Commis-
sion determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency 
and economy. 
(2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
101(b)(6) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that 
subsection by more than 10 per centum. 
SEC. 103. The Commission is authorized to perform construction 
design services for any Commission construction project whenever (1) 
such construction project has been included in a proposed autlioriza-
tion bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission and (2) the 
Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that con-
struction of the project should be initiated promptly upon enactment 
of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. 
SEC. 104. When so specified in an appropriation Act, transfers of 
Transfers o
f 
amounts between "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital equip-
ment" may be made as provided in such appropriation Act. 
SEC. 105. COOPERATIVE POWER REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
Section 111 of Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further amended 
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by striking out the date "June 30, 1968" in clause (3) of subsection 
(a) and inserting in lieu thereof the date "June 30,1969". 
SEC. 106. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR Acn^s.— (a) Section 101(b) 
of Public Law 90-56 is amended by (1) striking from subsection (2) 
si stat. 124, 
thereof the figure "$100,500,000" for project 68-2-a, new weapons ^^^' 
production capabilities, various locations, and substituting theref<n' 
the figure "$285,000,000"; and (2) striking from subsection (4) thereof 
the figure "$7,333,000" for project 68^4-f, 200 Bev accelerator, I)u 
Page and Kane Counties near Chicago, Illinois, and substituting 
therefor the figure "$32,333,000". 
(b) Section 101 of Public Law 89-32, as amended, is further 
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amended by (1) striking therefrom the figure "$2,655,621,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$2,658,821,000"; (2) striking from 
subsection (b) thereof the figure "$394,845,000" and substituting 
therefor the figure "$398,045,000"; and (3) striking from subsection 
(b)(2) thereof the figure "$2,300,000" for project 66-2-d, environ-
mental test facility, Lawrence Radiation Lat)oratory, Liverniore, 
California, and substitutiiig therefor the figure "$5,500,000". 
SEC. 107. RESCISSION.—Public Law 88-332, as amended, is fur- 
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ther amended by rescinding tlierefrom authorization for a i)roject, 
except for funds heretofore obligated and such additioiial funds as 
may be necessary to close out the project, as follows: 
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f'roject 66-5-a, Argonne advanced resoai;ch reiK'tor, Argonne 
National Laboratory, Illinois, $25,()00,()()(). 
Approved April 19, 1968.