ML20078L014
| ML20078L014 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/26/1983 |
| From: | Voigt H LEBOEUF, LAMB, LEIBY & MACRAE |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| References | |
| FOIA-83-285 NUDOCS 8310200026 | |
| Download: ML20078L014 (2) | |
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20555 Re Freedom of Information Act Request - Expedition Requested
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and 10 C.F.R. 59.8 (1982), I hereby request copies of correspondence between Chairman Palladino and the Department of Justice, concerning Justice Department investigation (s) of alleged falsification of reactor coolant system leak rate tests at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. The letters have been released to at least one person outside the Commission and Department of Justice, as indicated in the enclosed copy of an article from the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot News, which appeared on May 23, 1983.
I hereby agree to pay up to $50.00 for charges for copying of these records. If the charges should exceed that amount, please telephone me or Michael F. McBride at 457-7500 to receive authorization for additional charges.
Because of the limited nature of this l
request, and its relevance to pending questions in Docket No.50-289 (Restart),
I hereby request expedition of the handling of this request.
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officials apparently constitute the /The staff has cMclud4dy.on they r enors"' Meanwhile, a hederal[..
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- basis of an on: site inspection. con-In char'ge of the Justice Depart,,'and failure to meet qualification were released last week.
start of the Unit i reactor at Three'.. ducted last month at the leador,Vt ghobe* sus nded a first 8:
j g,nd r ewed. last records "before and after the Unit.. One of the audits contains de-Mile Island;
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talled c'riticism of several GPU ad-I a A flurry of unanswered quet 5 that improved GPU asfety proce "bmeasurements of.Un t\\'2No.'ol$ng#
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. h..T e so-called staff."revalida 'i'Ing its effect on Unit I restart. Iter and Richard Parks that safety pro '.: less-than-thorough report on the that CPU ought to be able to run Three Mile Island Alert last week.
requested th t a hearing be held on l tion'* was prompted by requests asked for a mid-May~ conclusion to. cedures have not been taken seri ' trialimpact.5telloviasdirectedby! TMI Unit I with ahont 7M em-the satity of Unit I steam genera.... frorn Norman Aamodt of Coatesi the grand jury investigation., N,er '4 ously by GrU officials. The NRC
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