ML20037A669

Responds to 780725 Transmittal of Encl CC Piper Ltr Protesting Inconvenience & Overcharges from Facility Shutdown.Facility Shut Down for RCS Cleanup & Stream Generator Repairs

ML20037A669
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	08/16/1978
From:	Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Cale Young HOUSE OF REP.
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ML20037A670	List: ML20037A669 ML20037A672
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assert. lies (BPR A), used to add langstive reactivi ty to the reactor-core during its first cycle of. operation, had come loose from the'ir; latched. positten and had ersten up',n Parts of the CPRA's had ' entered N.

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