B-129114, OCTOBER 10, 1956, 36 COMP. GEN. 295

B-129114 October 10, 1956
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CONTRACTS - EXAMINATION OF RECORDS CLAUSES - LIMITATION UNDER AN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONTRACT WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL BEAR ALL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING COSTS AND THE COMMISSION WILL PAY ACTUAL COSTS FOR PERFORMANCE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK. WHICH IS REQUIRED BY 42 U.S.C. 2206. MAY NOT BE LIMITED IN ITS APPLICATION TO THAT PART OF THE WORK FOR WHICH PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY THE COMMISSION. 1956: REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE GENERAL MANAGER'S LETTER OF AUGUST 30. THE CONTRACT WITH YANKEE WAS EXECUTED JUNE 6. IS TO BRING PRIVATE RESOURCES INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND TO ADVANCE THE TIME WHEN NUCLEAR POWER WILL BECOME ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE.