Digital Exhibits

"Swan Song for Clinch River" Congressional Record statement

A copy of a congressional record statement titled "Swan Song for Clinch River," in reference to costly failure of the nuclear Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project in Tennessee, delivered by US Congressman Les AuCoin. A copy of the statement was sent to Congresman AuCoin, who seemingly wrote notes in the margins additionally criticizing the project, stating "It's too bad for America, too, that Mr. Howard Baker's pet project wasn't solar or renewable energy; why is it that political back-scratching never seems to benefit the causes that will do the nation the most good?" A draft letter by AuCoin to the Reagan Administration is attached to the end of the statement copy, calling the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project "expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary."

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).

AuCoin, Les

July 28, 1982

Congressional Record

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Clinch River Breeder Reactor Demonstration Power Plant (Tenn.)

United States--Economic policy--1981-1993

Budget process--Law and legislation--United States

Energy policy

Tennessee

United States

PUA_MS147_516

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

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