ML19294B548
| ML19294B548 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 01/25/1980 |
| From: | Ed Miller AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8003050068 | |
| Download: ML19294B548 (1) | |
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I recently attended a public bearing beta by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the
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storage pool that was designed to originally hold 318 spent fuel rods prior s
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