ML20090B449

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Comments Re NRC Handling of Soil Settlement Issues Including Soils QA Breakdown,Lack of Acceptance Criteria & False FSAR Statements
ML20090B449
Person / Time
Site: Midland
Issue date: 04/03/1981
From: Stamiris B
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To: Harold Denton
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
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References
CON-BOX-13, FOIA-84-96 NUDOCS 8204160070
Download: ML20090B449 (4)
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j the i-:pression that as a ;:artj to this proceedin3, I was not s ;,'osed to contact you or other tr ?:R: officials about any of the issues of this proceedin:.

Only yesterday, ir a enrference call, did I reccest pe.missi,n to contact you,as Er. Selb/ had on behalf of Consumers, t o ;ra sent :rf pers:>ective of t he situat f an. y:th t he 231.T a provs t I receivd, I

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r-ic r I':ii fyin;.Nr.st re< t !': e er-sits set forth three rain Is u:es: the s?!!s CA breakdo.a (Appe :< !x A);

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k of aueptance criteria (Secti'n II, 93); a p* the false F57~

state-ents parti citrl; the "aterial Fal;e St te. ant (.', e u' i.v. E). It called for i halt to 50!!-; re.v '!st wori. ynding the

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the MAC en or about May f, I V.I. 51. h ha s ree s t as=il c mr t eent t a l.

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'F ens t ag the lay 18-M Inspe ct li.n t he "..'. St ipulat tan was f :ns11.ted.

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At 4 result af the C A Stlpialat tun, the N.MC did not Int *n't tis 4.

'k sub. alt thele exhawattwoly docunwnted tottImony for the per1 ad prior Ij to Doce 6,19?* dweta; which the sells CA breakdown occurred, however In the hearing,1, succeeded ta t itra.89e ls;; tha: e slac : ent s myse lf. As

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The Board did not accept part three of tl.e CA Stlpulation n.atlag PA taproveiesnts and reimone.ble asaurance in 19aNI,w!4 hout hearing

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te s t imony an i t. The re fe r* t he f oc us a f the he a r ing be c ame w he t he r cA j

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assurance exte.ts thtt C/s will be properly 1:.ple aented in the fittiare, l'ar t Icularly regard ine,, the su l t, re o.e d f :il we rk. The !!R has offered

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