ML19249A200

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Comments on Sections 9.2.4 & 9.2.5 of ACI 318-78:open to Various Interpretations.Requests Appropriate Clarification Re Groundwater Load Factor Determination
ML19249A200
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Issue date: 11/29/1978
From: Lipirski R
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Holland E
AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
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Rafarence is unde to the Secticas 9.2.4 and 9.2.5 of the Cons which deal with the latsral pewssure and the sortical pressare due to liquids. The way it is writtaa. it is opsa to safious interpretattees:

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