On March 18, 1999, DOE recommended renewal of the indemnification provisions of the Price-Anderson Act in a report to Congress.

The Report Files: 

The report and the three appendices are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader is needed  to view and print the PDF files.

• Department of Energy Report to Congress on the Price-Anderson Act
• Appendix A, Notice of Inquiry: Preparation of Report to Congress on Price-Anderson Act, 62 Federal Register 68,272 (12/31/97)
• Appendix B, Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; 42 United States Code §§ 2210 et seq. (1994); § 2014 (AEA § 11) Definitions; § 2210 (AEA §170) Indemnification and Limitation of Liability; § 2282a (AEA § 234A) Civil Monetary Penalties for Violations of Department of Energy Regulations
• Appendix C, Letter from John L. Quattrocchi, Senior Vice President, Underwriting, American Nuclear Insurers, to Omer F. Brown, II, Harmon & Wilmot, L.L.P, January 21, 1998 (Attachment B to Comments filed by Energy Contractor Price-Anderson Group)

Recommendations: 

DOE made five recommendations in its report to Congress.

1. The DOE indemnification should be continued without any substantial change.
2. The amount of the DOE indemnification should not be decreased.
3. The DOE indemnification should continue to provide broad and mandatory coverage of activities conducted under contract for DOE.
4. DOE should continue to have authority to impose civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements by for-profit contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.
5. The Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage should be ratified and conforming amendments to the Price-Anderson Act should be adopted.

Documents Referenced in the PAA Report

1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (adopted on September 12, 1997).
2. McRae, Ben, The Compensation Convention: Path to a Global Regime for Dealing with Legal Liability and Compensation for Nuclear Damage, 61 Nuclear Law Bulletin 25 (June 1998) (Nuclear Energy Agency).
3. [Federal Register notices (1995- ) and Code of Federal Regulations]
4. [Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report to Congress.  The Price-Anderson Act -- Crossing the Bridge to the Next Century: A Report to Congress (NUREG/CR-6617).]