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Press Release Re Investigation of NRC Region III Failure to Respond to Evidence of Criminal Falsification & QA Breakdown at Facilities
ML20023D032
Person / Time
Site: LaSalle, 05000000
Issue date: 07/26/1982
From:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:
Shared Package
ML20023A480 List:
References
FOIA-82-366 PR-820726, NUDOCS 8305190093
Download: ML20023D032 (2)
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CAP also ch.irged that a recently-coms.leter1 RIII probe into alleged concrete voids; hoics core-dritted in tra the reactor pedest.als cheating on thle masonry by diluting n>rtar or even not using mortar for somo,concrcte blocks, .

among other issucs; may have been sorse than no investigation at all. fast f all NRC Executive Director William Dircks 6.trii,tted that prcvious NPC probes relied t.oo much on the utility's paperwork, while fotogol'ng witness interviews and indeperu. lent hardware tests. Dircks pledged ttut the .

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