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Advises of follow-up Program to Determine Cause of Graham Heliflow Letdown Coolers Failure & Possible Repair Methods for Leaking Coolers.Parallel Operation of Both Cooler Units Recommended
ML20085A464
Person / Time
Site: Crane 
Issue date: 04/07/1977
From: Rogers L
BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
To: Colitz J, Herbein J, Geoffrey Miller
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
References
TASK-*, TASK-03, TASK-3, TASK-GB GPU-0391, GPU-391, REM-I-315, REM-II-30, NUDOCS 8307060510
Download: ML20085A464 (2)


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