ML20079E347
| ML20079E347 | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1991 |
| From: | Makhijani A INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, HEIDEL |
| To: | Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| References | |
| FOIA-91-155 NUDOCS 9110070110 | |
| Download: ML20079E347 (2) | |
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Donnie 11. Grimsley Phone (301) 270 5500 Director for the Division of Ted 6502975485 M WMfiON FOX and Publication Services ACT MQUEST U.S. Nucleer llegulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555.
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Dear Mr. Grimsley:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C., Section 552), this letter requests copies of documents relating to Shippingport, the first commercial nuclear reactor. I am interested in correspondence in the forms of letters, memos and reports dating from the years 1953 through 1958 that were generated within the Atomic Energy Commission to the following:
o Westinghouse; Department of the Navy (especially Admiral Rickover);
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Duquesne Ught, Co.;
Congress (especially the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy);
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inis Strauss, then Chair of the AEC.
If any part of this request is denied, please list the specific exemptions which are claimed for withholding information along with an identification of the documents being withhebt. The Freedom of Information Act also provides that if only portions of a file are exempted from release, the remainder must be released.
Il! Ell therefore requests that it be provided with all nonexempt portions which can be rea.sonably degieped.
IEER of cour>c sescrve> ihe night m appeal the withholding or deletion of any information.
IEEll requests a waiver of all fees for this request.
Disclosure of the requested information to IEEll is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government. Through various publications, IEEll has demonstrated its ability to convey the requested information on nuclear related activites to thousands of individuals through institutional publications, articles in the mass media and publie speaking on radio and television. The result of our current research will be made l
public through these avenues.
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1984) and materials cited therein.)
Thank you for your cooperation. As provided in the Freedom of Information Act, IEER will expect a reply to this request within ten (10) working days. If IEER does not reeleve a response within this time, IEEll will treat this request as denied and will pursue the necessary appeal, IEEll will be pleased to work with you and your staff to explain or reformulate this request as necessary to co. 91y with its terms.
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