U.S. House Floor remarks regarding the Weaver amendment requiring evacuation plans for nuclear plants

Identifier

PUA_MS147_351

Title

U.S. House Floor remarks regarding the Weaver amendment requiring evacuation plans for nuclear plants

Description

In a speech given on the U.S. House floor, Congressman Les AuCoin advocated for the Weaver amendment, which aimed to "require evacuation plans to be filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission before licenses can be granted for nuclear plants." In his speech Congressman AuCoin mentioned the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the most severe nuclear accident in U.S. history. Oregon's 1st congressional district, which Congressman AuCoin represented, was home to the first and only nuclear power plant in Oregon, the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon. The Trojan Nuclear Power Plant closed in 1992. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date: Year(s)

1979

Date: Display

June 18, 1979

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Bills, Legislative

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)

Energy Policy

Nuclear energy

Place

Rainier, Oregon

Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania

United States

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Type

Text