Statement by Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission for hearings on "Development, Growth, and State of the Nuclear Industry" before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, February 5, 1974

Dr. Dixy Lee Ray describes the Atomic Energy Commission's relationship with industry and discusses how nuclear power can address President Richard Nixon's "Project Independence," a program to descrease U.S. reliance on foreign energy sources.