ML19309F988
| ML19309F988 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000574 |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1979 |
| From: | Buckley C BEVERIDGE, FAIRBANKS & DIAMOND |
| To: | Chilk S, Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO), NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| FOIA-79-314, FOIA-79-A-23 NUDOCS 8005020095 | |
| Download: ML19309F988 (5) | |
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EE*s.^d%3u JOHN N. MANSON October 5, 1979 Mr. Samuel J. Chilk Secretary of the Commission HAND DELIVERED United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Room 1135 1717 H Street, N. W. 'APPEAE OF. INIIIAL E0m pICISlQN Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Lee V. Gossick hbM 7k3/
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C /0'9'7 Commission Room 6715 Maryland National Bank Building 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20555 Re: Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision, Request of
, Christopher H. Buckley, Jr.,
FOIA-79-314
Dear Gentlemen:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. S552 and 10 C.F.R. pt. 9, subpt. A, I hereby appeal the partial denial of my Freedom of Information Act
("FOIA*) request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC")
dated August 1, 1979 ( Attac hment 1) . The partial denial of my request is contained in a letter to me from J.M. Felton, Director, Division of Rules and Records, Of fice of Administration, and bears a date of September 6, 1979 ( Attac hnent 2). The partial denial was received in my of fice on September 7, 1979. The f acts and arguments in support of this appeal are set l forth below. '
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6 EVE RIDG E. FAIRBANKS & DI AMOND Mr. Samuel J. Chilk Mr. Lee V. Gossick l Page 2 October 5, 1979 Re: Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND i
My FOIA request of August 1, 1979 requested the NRC to make i available for inspection and copying all records from January 1, 1976 to the present relating to: certain license applications .
submitted by Westinghouse Electric Corporation to the NRC; y 7
procedures and policies applicable to certain types of export licenses concerning nuclear powerplants; and the Philippin3 Power
- Reactor Project. On August 27, 1979, I received a letter dated g August 23, 1979 ( Attachment 3) which contained a partial response /
to my FOIA request. In its response, NRC made available 60 t documents covered by the request; withheld one document which it claimed was exempt from disclosure under the FOIA; and stated (
p that it would continue to " search for and review documents not .
already identified. . ." [
i A f urther response was received from the NRC dated September 6, 1979 which made available an additional twenty-nine documents and portions of a thirtieth. Nine documents and portions of a tenth were withheld as exempt under the FOIA. All of these documents were claimed to be covered by Exemption 5 of the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 5552(b)(5), [
and the corresponding provision of the NRC's regulations under the FOIA, 10 C.F.R. S9.5(a)(5). In addition, ,
one of the documents was claimed to be exempt under Exemption 1 of the FOIA, 5 U.S.C.
of the NRC's regulations, SS52(b)(1),
10 C.F.R.and the corresponding provision S9.5(a)(1). The September 6, l 1979 letter contained appendices which identified the documents '
withheld, including a very brief description of their subject-matter. The letter advised that an appeal might be taken of the partial denial of my request within 30 days from the receipt of the letter.1/ i 1/ The partial denial of September 6, 1979 stated that the ;)
appeal was to be addressed to "the Secretary of the '
Commission" . NRC's regulations under the FOIA, however, provide that the appeal be made to the Executive Director for l Operations, 10 C.F.R. 59.11. In order to avoid any j misunderstanding, this appeal is addressed to both the Secretary of the Commission and the Executive Director of Operations and is being hand-delivered to both today. l l
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B EVERicoc, FAIRBAN KS & DI AMoND-Mr. Samuel J. Chilk Mr. Lee V. Gossick Page 3 October 5, 1979 Re: Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision II. DISCUSSION 1
A. Exemption 5 1
Exemption 5 operates to exempt from disclosure under the FOIA " inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency." 5 U.S.C. S552 ( b) (5) . This exemption has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to cover only materials developed by federal agencies which reflect
" deliberative or policymaking processes." EPA v. Mink, 410 U.S.
73, 89 (1973). Matters which are f actual in nature are not covered by the exemption, even though they may be used as the basis for agency deliberations. See, e.g., id. ; ,Vaughn v. Rosen, 523 F.2d 1136, 1144-45 (D.C. Cir 1975); Dworman Bldg. Corp. v.
GSA, 468 F.Supp. 389, 392-93 (S.D. N.Y. 1979). In each case the Government has the burden of proving that the exemption applies. See, e.g., Vaughn v. Rosen, supra at 1144; Dworman Bldg. Corp. v. GSA, supra, at 392.
With respect to documents 1, 7, 8, and 9 of Appendix B and portions of document 30 of Appendix A, the partial denial of September 6, 1979 states that Exemption 5 aopli as because the documents are "predecisional in that they diset ss matters pertaining to a license application under cons:.deration by the Commission." The mere facts that these docume. ts are predecisional and pertain to a pending license application, however, do not justify withholding under Exemption 5. As the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stated in Vaughn v. Rosen, supra at 1144, " pre-decisional materials are not exempt merely because they are pre-decisional; they must also be a part of the agency give-and-take -- of the deliberative process -- by which the decision itself is made." This holding by Vaughn -- that it is not sufficient merely to assert that a document is pre-decisional -- has been repeatedly confirmed in subsequent decisions. See, e.g., Jordan v. United States Department of Justice, 591 P.2d 753, 774 (D.C. Cir. 1978); Mead Data Central,
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Inc. v. United States Department of Air Force, 566 F.2d 242, 257 (D.C. Cir. 1977). At no' point in its discussion of documents 1, 7, 8, and 9 of nppendix B does the partial denial allege that these documents are "part of the agency give-and-take -- of the deliberative process -- by which th" decision itself is made."
Nor can it be ascertained from the brief description of the subject matter of these documents which is provided in the appendices that they are part of the deliberative process.
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Re Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision With respect to documents 2 through 6 of Appendix B and portions of document 30 of Appendix A, the partial denial of September 6, 1979 claims that Exemption 5 applies because the documents "contain advice, opinions, and recommendations of the staff". This characterization of the documents is conclusory in nature and is not supported by a description of the deliberative process of which it is suggested these documents were a part or of the role which these documents played in that process. In Vaughn v. Rosen, supra, the court required the Government to prepare a detailed description of the documents at issue and to
" classify and differentiate meaningf ully" amoung documents so that f actual material could be distinguished f rom evaluative or interpretive material. It also required the Government to define the deliberative process which was the asserted basis for the exemption and the role which the documents played in that process. In the absence of a similarly complete justification, the partial denial of September 6,1979 fails to meet the requirements for an exemption.
B. Exemption 1 Exemption 1 of the FOIA exempts from disclosure records that l are:
(A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified pursuant to Executive order.
5 U.S.C. S552(b)(1). As with Exemption 5, the Government bears the burden of proving that this exemption properly applies. See, e.g., Ray v. Turner, 587 F.2d 1187, 1210 (D.C. Cir. 1978).
1 The partial denial of September 6,1979 claims that, in addition to being exempt under Exemption 5, document 9 of Apendix B is exempt under Exemption 1, because it "has been classified pursuant to Executive Order 12065." A brief description of the subject matter of the document is provided in Appendix B.
However, this description is not adequate to establish that the document is properly classified, and there is no attempt beyond '
the conclusory claim of exemption in the letter to correlate the asserted justification with the contents of the withheld document. Like Exemption 5, Exemption 1 has been held to require l
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m B EVE RIDG E. FAIRDAN KS & DIAMOND Mr. Samuel J. Chilk Mr. Lee V. Gossick Page 5 Oc tober 5, 1979 Re: Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision agencies to establish the applicability of the exemption through detailed descriptions of documents (as detailed as possible without defeating the purpose of the exemption) and a specification of the reasons for which the claimed exemption should apply. See, e.g., Ray v. Turner, supra at 1214; Phillipi
- v. CIA, 54 6 F. 2d 1009, 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1976).
III. CONCLUSION The partial denial of September 6, 1979 should be reversed and the appropriate office within NRC directed to release the documents withheld. This ir, especially so, since the release of the documents withheld would not'ad .sely affect the rights of any person and would not be contrary to the public interest. If this appeal is denied, the Agency should provide a detailed description of the documents withheld and its purported justification for the withholding of each as required under the FOIA.
Respectfully submitted, Dr J li]' N ~ 5 .B w /<.13,7<./yw Christopher H. Buckley, Jr.
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August 1,1979 .
, ATTACHMENT 1 Director .
Office of Administration United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washin gton , D. C. 20555 Re: Freedom ~ of Infor nation Act Request
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Section 552 of Title 5 of the United States Code and Part 9 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations promdlgated thereunder, we hereby request that you make avail- ,
l able to us for' inspection and copying the following records: l l
- 1. ' All correspondence, memoranda,' excerpts from minutes of the Subgroup on Nuclear Export Coordination, and other records generated during the period January 1, 1976 to the present, and in the possession, custody or control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissica
(" Commission") , which relate in any way to any of the following export license applicatiors submitted by Westinghouse Electric Corporatior. to the -
Commission: License Application No. XR-120, dated "7-
' November 18, 1976; License Application No. XCOM-0013, dated August 3,1978; License Application No.
XSNM-1471, dated March 6,1979.
- 2. All staff recommendations, correspondence, memoranda and other records generated during the period January 1,1976 to the present, and in the possession,
, custody or control of the Commission, which relate in any way to:
(a) Any pro'cedures which should be applied to .appli-cations for export licenses for facilities, components or fuel for use in 'a nuclear power plant.
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-(b) Any policies related to export licensing of ,l
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nuclear power plant. -
,3. All other records generated during the period I January 1,1976 to the present, and in the posses-
, sion, custody or control of the Commission, relating to the Philippine Power Reactor Project.
As. used in this request, the term " record" includes, without limitation, any document, writing, photograph, sound or magnetic recording, drawing, or 'other .similar, thing by which information has been preserved, from which the information can be retrieved and copied. The term includes informal writings (such as hand .
written notes, ' draf ts , and the like) , and also includes infor-mation preserv'e d in a form which nust be translated or deciphered by mar-hine in order to be intelligible to humans. .The term includes documents and the like which were created or acquired !
by the commission, ,its predecessors, its officers, or' its -
employees by use of Government funds or in the course of trans- ,
acting official business. -
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In accordance with the Commission's regulations.,' please-identify all records covered by this requart that you do not -
provide in response hereto and, with respect to each, 'please * ' ' /
state the reasons for withholding the record. ,
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Please be advised that we wil1 reimburse the Commission '
for proper charges incurred in responding to this request up to?,'
the amount of $1,000. 00. Please advise us in: mediately by tele - -l i
phone if and .when proper charges in this amount have been
, in curred. .If yos anticipate that charges will be in excess .of .
that amount, please advise us immediately by telephone of the.
probable charges. -
Thank you for your cooperation in making these records ..
available. '.' - ,
Respectfully submitted,
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Christopher H. Buckley, Jr.
CEB/aw f bcc: Samuel R. Pitts, Esq.
l John R. Kenrick, Esq.
Jonathan Z. Cannon, Esq. '
Dwight Porter ,
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'.,..... . SEP 0 61979 ATTACHMENT 2 Christopher H. Buckley, Jr. , Esquire '
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l . Washington, DC 20036 TO FOIA-79-314
Dear Mr. Buckley:
This is in further response to your letter dated August 1,1979 in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, copies of all records from January 1,1976 to the present relating to: 1) Westinghouse Electric Corporation export license application No. XR-120 (11/18/76),
No. XCOM-0013 (8/3/78), and No. XSNM-1471 (3/6/79); 2) all records from January 1,1976 to the present relating to procedures for applications and policies for export licenses for facilities, components, or nuclear power plant fuel; and 3) all records from January 1,1976 to the present relating to the Philippine Power Reactor Project.
Documents 1. through 29 and portions of document 30 of Appendix A are '
being p. laced in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC for your inspection and copying.
, Documents 1, 7, 8, and 9 of Appendix B are predecisional in that they
. discuss matters pertaining to a license application under consideration
- by the Commission. Documents 2 through 6 of Appendix B contain advice, i cpinions, and recommendations of the staff. Portions of document 30 of Appendix A are predecisional for the reason just stated, and also contain advice, opinions, and recommendations of the staff. These documents are ..
being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (5) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(5).
1 Document 9 of Appendix B has been classified pursuant to Executive Order
,, 12065 and is predecisional for the reason stated in the paragraph above. .
This document is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemptions (1) and (5). of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552(b)(1) and (5)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(1) and (5). -
Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 of the Commi;sion's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or i
' disclosure and that its productica or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The person rerponsible for the denial of portions of document 30 of Appendix A is. A7 Kenneke, Acting Director, Office of Policy Evaluation. The person responsible for the denial of documents O
I through 9 of Appendix B is Samuel J. Chilk, Secretary of the C ,
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These denials may be appealed to the Commission within 30 days from the , ,
receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writi.ng, addressed i to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC and should clearly state on the envelope and in the l 1etter that it is an " Appeal from an~ Initial F0IA Decision."
This completes action on your request. -
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, 1) 7/23/79 Memo, Bickwit to Comm. Bradford, PHILIPPINE LETTER OF ASSURANCE ..
- 2) 12/9/76 Morrison to Guhin, APPLICATION FOR EXPORT OF ONE WESTINGHOUSE NUCLEAR STEAM SUPPLY SYSTEM TO THE '
PHILIPPINES
- 3) 5/2/79 f. ,,,g ,- ., Letter' Hendrie to Pickering i 4) 2/16/78 Letter,NendriatoLusig '
S) Undated Shea to the Comissioners. EXECUTIVE BRANCH RESPONSE ON PENDING EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION XCOM0013 TO THE -
PHILIPPINES (Draft) - -
- 6) 6/14/79 Shea to the Cranissioners, PROCEDURE FOR STAFF ANALYSIS .
OF PHILIPPINr.S FEACTOR EXPORT (Draft) - - - ' -
- 7) 4/12/77 Shea to ti2 Comiss'ioners, APPROVAL OF PRCPOSED LICENSE -
TO EXPOR~. A POWER REACTOR TO THE PHILIPPINES (LICENSE ' * *
,, APPLICf.YION XR-121) (Draft) .
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Memo, Powers to Ohlinger, EXPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER. - -
REACTOR TO THE PHILIPPINES (XR-120) .
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- 9) 3/22/79 . Memo, McCorkle to Oplinger, APPLICATION FOR E'XPORT OF LEU TO THE PHILIPPINES (APPLICATION XSNM-1417)'. " ..
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- 10) 1/16/79 Memo, Dircks to Shea, PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT PARTS .
AND COMPONENTS TO THE PHILIPP1riE MUCLEAD. POWER PLANT . N UNIT NO.1 (LICENSE ,,
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- 11) 8/2/79 Memo, Denton to Ahearne, EXPORT OF MTOR COMPONENTS TO THE PHILIPPINES, SECY-79-100E ... ,.. . J. , , . .
- 12) 1/22/79 Memo, Denton to Shea, WESTINGHOUSE EXPORT LICENSE l APPLICATION FOR PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT I 13) 8/18/78 Memo, Bunch to Oplinger,' REVIEW OF PROPOSED EXPDRT OF l COMPONENTS TO THE PHILIPPINES
- 14) 2/27/79 Memo, Bunch to Oplinger, EQUIPMENT FORSNUCl. EAR POWER PLANT UNIT NO. 1 .
- 15) 6/7/79 SECY-79-1000, TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS ON PHILIPPINES ATOMIC POWERPLANT(PNPP-1) .
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- SECY-79-1008 PROPOSED NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORTS TO THE PHILIPPINES .
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- 17) 1/23/78 SECY-78-39, INTERIM REPLY TO LETTER FROM' CONGRESSMAN' LONG .-
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18). 6/14/79 , Memo Ahearne to EDO, EXPORT OF REACTOR COMPONENTS TO ..
.THE PHILIPPINES, SECY-79-100E -
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Memo, Ahearne to Snyder, DOCUMENT REVIEW .
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. SECY-79-100. PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT PARTS 'AND COMPONENTSTOTHEPHILIPPINENUCLEARPOWERPLANTUNIT..:n...
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- 22) 3/7/79 SECY-79-166, APPLICATION FOR EXPORT OR IMPORT LICENSE '..' . ~.:.'.
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- 23) 2/21/79. f f~ JT.6 Comijsio.nbr' Action Item Resp'onse Sheet, Kennef to'n - ---" ~ ;" :
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- 24) 4/3/78 Shea to Comissioners, DRAFT RESPONSE TO MR. PICKERING . . . . . .
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PHILIPPINES. ..- . N.UCLEAR POWER PLANT:. ' , , . ..: . . . ... f,.. .~.. ..J. /. !_ i
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Q 5) 6/15/79 Memo, Gibbon to Hassell re SEC'-79-382 Y COMMERCE DEPT.
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/ ;; h wAssiscTou. o. c.20sss l t-b .m. #a August 23, 1979 5-f ATTACHMENT 3 Christopher H. Buckleyi Jr. . Esquire Beveridge, Fairbank, & Diamond !
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. IN RESPONSE REFER l
Washington, DC T.0036 . TO FOIA-79-314 1
Dear Mr. Buckley:
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This is in partial response to your letter dated August 1,1979 in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), copies of all records from January 1,1976 to the present relating to: 1)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation export license applications No. XR-120 (11/18/76), No. XCOM-0013 (8/3/78), and No. XSNN-1471 (3/6/79); 2) all records from January 1,1976 to the present relating to procedures for applications and policies for export licenses for facilities, components, or nuclear power plant fuel; and 3) all records from January 1,1976 to ,
the present relating to the Philippine Power Reactor Project.-
In a telephone conversation with you on August 16, 1979, Ms. Betty ~
Wagman of my staff explained that documents subject to your request would be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR),1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, whe~re they would be available for inspection and copying. These documents are listed in Appendix A, enclosed, numbers 1 through 60. In addition I am enclosing co earlier FOIA requests on the same subject (pies of our responses F01A-78-243, to and F01A-78-255, '
F01A-79-186). Documents released in response to these requests are also -
on file at the PDR.
Documents which belong to the Department of State, the Department of Interior, and the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. and are subject to your l request have been referred to those agencies for a disclosure determination j and their direct response to you. Copies of the referral letters are enclosed.
6 Document 61 of Appendix A contains information classified pursuant to Executive Drder 12065. This information is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (1) of the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(1) of the Commission's regulations. '
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withheld is exempt from production or disclosure and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The person responsible for this denial is Dennis Rathbun, Acting Director. Office of Policy Evaluation.
This denial may be appealed to the Commission within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ;
Washington, DC 20555,'and should clearly state on the envelope and. in ,
j the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial FOIA Decision."
One NRC Office is continuing to search for and review documents n.ot already identified in Appendix A. We will notify you with respect to I these documents as soon as their review is comp 1ete.
Sincerely, J J. M. elton, Director
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., Ns=- v APPENDIX A l 1. 4/24/79~ Memo, Stoiber to Commissioners, PETITION FOR-INTERVENTION AND llEARING ON PROPOSED PHILIPPINE l LEU EXPORT ~. .
- 2. 8/1/79 Memo, St'oiber to Comissioners, PHILIPPINE COMPONENT LICENSE -- MEETING WITH WESTINGHOUSE ATTORNEYS
- 3. i/1/79 Memo for the record, Long D. Y. Ong, VISIT TO -
PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNIT #1 8
- 4. 7/30/79 Letter, A. Kenneke to L. V. Nosenzo, DOS 5 7/31/79 Memo, A. Kenneke to OPE staff OPE TEMORANDUM ON
- REPORTS RELATED TO PHILIPPINE EXPORTS,. .
- 6. 6/15/79 . Letter., Shea to. Nelson. ,U.S. .
Depar.tment of Connerce
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- 7. 8/7/79 Meme Lafleur to Helfrich, PHILIPPINE NPP. ,
REPORTS .
- 8. 6/21/79 Letter, Shea to Nosenzo
- 9. 1/15/79 Letter, Shea to Ain -
- 10. 1/23/79 CHRONOLOGY OF XR-210: PHILIPPINE REACTOR . l
- 11. Undated WESTINGH'0USE EXPORT. LICENSE APPLICAT' IONS OF CRITICAL CONCERN -
- 12. 7/10/78 Letter, Shea to Westinghouse .
- 13. 12/30/76 . Federal' Register Notice . -
- 14. 1/19/77 -
Memo, Guhin to Page, APPLICATIONS FOR EXPORT
. LICENSES
- 15. 12/29/76 Letter, Guhin to Murphy
- 16. 12/20/76 Guhin t' oSterihens, FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE -
- 17. 12/7/76 Memo, Guhin to Morrison, DETERMINATION OF
' UTILIZATION FACILITY .
- 18. 8/2/79 . CHRONOLOGY OF XCOM0013 REACTOR COMPONENTS TO .
THE PHILIPPINES .
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, 19. 7/26/79 Memo, Shea to Denton, INQUIRY FROM THE PHILIPPINE
. EMBASSY
- 20. 7/9/79 Letter, Shea to Nosenzo ,
- 21. 6/21/79 Letter, Shia to Nosenzo -
- 22. 5/30/79 ~ Memo to Files from Lafleur, MAY 28 TELEPHONE ' -
CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES WILLIS, NRC .
ADVISOR TO PHILIPPINES AEC
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- NRC STAFF ANSWER TO PETITION FOR LEAVE TO
. INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR HEARING FILED BY CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY, JESUS NICANDR
. P. PERLAS, III AND PHILIPPINE MOVEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- 24. 5/10/79 Upshaw to Hassell, et al.
- 25. 5/2/79 Mer.o, Oplinger to Bunch, REVIEW 0F PROPOSED E?. PORT OF REACTOR COMPONENTS TO THE PHILIPPINES
- 26. 5/1/79 letter, Shea to Rodi
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- 27. 4/27/79 Letter, Shea' to Rodi
- 28. Peterson to Eysymontt
- 29. 3/8/7,9 Letter, Shea to Rodi
,30. Undated Letter, Shea to Rodi
' 31. 2/2/79 Memo Oplinger to Bunch, EQUIPMENT FOR PHILIPPINE ..
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNIT NO. 1 -
Letter, Shea to Rodil
- 32. 1/17/79
- 33. 11/26/78 Memo to File from Moore, STAFF CONCLUSIONS REGARDING L PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT PARTS '
AND COMPONENTS TO .
THE PHILIPPINES
- 34. 8/23/78 Letter 0plinger to Rodi - ~
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35.'8/17/75 Federal Register Notice .
- 36. 8/9/78 Memo, Oplinger to Crutchfield, REVIEW OF PROPOSED I EXPORT OF COMPONENTS TO'THE PHILIPPINES
- 37. 6/21/79 Letter, Shea to Nosenzo I
- 28. 5/29/79 ANSWER OF A:'PLICANT WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION -
TO PETITION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR l HEARING .
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. 7- i (5s if-j . 39. 3/20/7,9 Federal Register Notice 40 3/.12/79 Oplinger to Stephens, FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
- 41. 12/20/76 . Gossick"to Borg .
- 42. 8/10/78 Gossick to Tarnoff ,
- 43. 3/6/79 Gossick to Tarnoff .
- 44. .' '
WESTINGHOUSE 1975 ANNUAL . REPORT
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- 45. 6/21/79 Excerpt, NUCLEONICS WEEK -
- 46. News articles *
- 47. 10/31/78 Letter, Ain to Hendrie *
- 48. 11/23/77 ,
Letter, Mush. to Director, ADM .
- 49. 7/30/79 Letter, Kenneke to Nosenzo ,
- 50. 5/21/79 ,
Cable, i{odi to Peterson .
- 51. 7/23/79 Letter, von Hippel to Commission on Nuclear' '
Power Plants
- 52. 5/22/79 Letter, Asher to McGiffert .
- 53. 11/18/76 Letter, Rodi to NRC, EXPORT LICENSE - (NMSS)
- 54. 8/4/78 Letter. White to NRC., EQUIPMENT EXPORT LICENSE
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- 55. 8/10/78
- Letter, Rodi to Peterson, IDENTIFICATION OF' .'
SHIP DATES -
- 56. 1/19/79 Letter,' Rodi to NRC, PNPP NO.1 BALANCE OF- ..
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- 57. '4/27/79"
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', AMEND EXH,IBIT B IN PART -
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- 58. 4/30/79 . Westinghouse to NRC (Cable)
- 59. 5/22/79 Westinghouse to NRC,' COMPONENT EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS XCOM-0013 .
' Letter, Bra'dy to Crutchfield, SPEND RESIN
- 60. 7/10/79 .
STORAGE TANK, dtc.
$ 61. 7/18/79 Memo, A. Kenneke to Commissioner Ahearne, REVIEW
- OF DOCUMENTS REGARDING GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE PHPP-1 SITE ,
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