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MONTHYEARML20217D4031999-10-0606 October 1999 Summarizes Series of Four Revs That Have Been Made to SNEC Emergency Response Procedure & Emergency Plan Since 970408. Revs Include Changes to Reflect Current Site Conditions & Changes in Organizational Structure ML20216J9811999-10-0404 October 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/99-202 on 990830-0902.No Violations Noted.Insp Consisted of Selective Exams of Procedures & Representative Records,Interviews with Personnel & Observations of Activities in Progress ML20209B9971999-06-29029 June 1999 Forwards 1998 Annual Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp (Snec).Rept Covers Period Beginning 980101-981231 ML20195E0131999-06-0303 June 1999 Provides Encl Info as Evidence of Jcp&L,Meed & Penelec Commitment to Assure Continued Financial Support of Decommissioning Efforts of SNEC ML20206G6341999-05-0303 May 1999 Requests Info on How SNEC Will Show Compliance with Requirements in 10CFR50.75 on How SNEC Will Provide Reasonable Assurance That Funds Will Be Available for Completion of Decommissioning Process for Plant ML20206F6451999-04-29029 April 1999 Forwards 1998 Annual Radioactive Release Rept for SNEC & Rev 0 to Odcm. Explanations of Attachments 1-9,listed ML20206D1211999-04-27027 April 1999 Informs of Completion of Acceptance Review of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility License Termination Plan Submitted on 990203.Concludes That LTP Does Not Contain Sufficient Info at Present Time to Initiate Detailed Review ML20206G0351999-04-27027 April 1999 Forwards Proprietary 10CFR20.2206(b) Personnel Exposure Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp.Rept Contains Info Required to Identify Total Number of Individuals for Whom Personnel Monitoring Was Required.Proprietary Info Withheld ML20205H1081999-03-31031 March 1999 Forwards Current Funding Status for Decommissioning Funds Established for OCNPP,TMI-1,TMI-2 & SNEC ML20204H7851999-03-22022 March 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/99-201 on 990216-18.No Violations Noted.Nrc Questionnaire Re Yr 2000 Concerns Encl ML20198A4031998-12-10010 December 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/98-204 on 981013-1106.No Violations Noted.No Response to Ltr Required ML20154K1181998-10-13013 October 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/98-203 on 980914-17.No Violations Noted ML20153C4241998-09-21021 September 1998 Responds to Requesting NRC Review Aspects of 980624 Application from Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp & Gpu Nuclear,Inc for Regulatory Relief from DOT Shipping Requirements.Srvts Should Be Classified as LSA-III ML20237D9951998-08-24024 August 1998 Informs That Staff Does Not Object to Blending of Guide Blocks to Lower Core Plate & Determined That Guide Blocks & Plate Permanently Connected ML20236N8891998-06-24024 June 1998 Submits Two Complete Copies of Gpu Nuclear'S Requests for Exemptions,Re Shipment of Sg,Pressurizer & Reactor Vessel. Detailed Exemption Requests & Supporting Documentation Are Provided in Enclosed Attachments ML20249A2391998-06-11011 June 1998 Corrects 980420 Safety Evaluation for Amend 15 to License DPR-04 & 980409 EA & Finding of No Significant Impact.Ea Section 3.2.2 Does Rate Should Be Changed to 200 Msv Per H ML20249A6901998-06-11011 June 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/98-202 on 980511-13.No Violations Noted ML20248D6981998-05-28028 May 1998 Forwards Annual Rept & Radiological Environ Monitoring Rept for 970101-1231 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp ML20216B6441998-05-0808 May 1998 Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility.Various Facility Components Will Be Shipped off-site for Disposal as Radwaste ML20217A9641998-04-20020 April 1998 Forwards Amend 15 to License DPR-4 & Safety Evaluation. Amend Allows Decommissioning of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Facility ML20217H2231998-04-17017 April 1998 Forwards Personnel Exposure Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp for Calendar Year 1997.W/o Encl ML20216D0611998-04-0909 April 1998 Forwards Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact & Being Sent to Office of Federal Register for Publication.Concludes That No Significant Environ Impact Attributable to Proposed Action ML20217P7701998-03-31031 March 1998 Provides Results of Calculations Performed to Evaluate Dose to Public to Be Expected from Hypothetical Spill of Tritiated Water Being Stored in SNEC Facility Containment Vessel.Scenarios Found to Have No Significant Public Health ML20217P4181998-03-0303 March 1998 Provides Response to Question 7 of RAI Dtd 980128.Response Will Be Incorporated as Suppl 1 to Facility Decommissioning Environ Rept ML20203A5771998-02-0909 February 1998 Forwards RAI Re Amend Request for License DPR-4 Submitted 981125.Response Requested to Be Provided within 30 Days of Date of Ltr ML20202F6961998-02-0909 February 1998 Provides Response to Questions Re Apparent Undocumented Changes to Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Decommissioning QA Plan ML20202B2351998-02-0303 February 1998 Responds to 980128 RAI Re TS Change Request 59.Response Includes Proposed Revised Pages to Facility License,Ts, Updated Sar,Decommissioning QA Plan & Figures to Post Shutdown Activities Rept.W/Certificate of Svc ML20199F2321998-01-27027 January 1998 Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Amend to License DPR-4. Responses Requested to Be Provided within 30 Days of Dtd Ltr ML20217J7751997-10-0909 October 1997 Submits Reply to Discussing Decommissioning Activities at Facility.Decommissioning Requested to Be Delayed for 25 Yrs to Allow for Addl Radioactive Decay ML20211C2371997-09-16016 September 1997 Forwards Rev 0 to Procedure 6575-PLN-4542.09, SNEC Facility Process Control Program, for Review & Approval.Activities Will Be Initiated Starting W/Item 1.2.2.3 of Figure 2.2-4 of Decommissioning Plan When Approval of Tscr 59 Is Obtained ML20210Q2211997-08-21021 August 1997 Forwards Response to Requests for Addl Info & 0806.Info Suppls Previous Responses to Questions,Addresses Recent Questions on ODCM & Incorporates Editorial Comments Commited by Telcon.Revised TS & Updated SAR Encl ML20217H4291997-08-0606 August 1997 Forwards RAI Re Amend Request for License DPR-4.Reply Requested within 30 Days of Dtd Ltr ML20217G9271997-08-0505 August 1997 Informs That Responsibility for Non-Power Reactor Insp Program Has Been Transfered from Regional Ofc to Nrr.All Activities Re Non-Power Reactors Including Licensing,Insp & Operator Licensing Will Be Responsibility of NRR ML20141C6541997-06-16016 June 1997 Clarifies Statements in Safety Insp Rept 50-146/97-01 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Facility,That Do Not Reflect Utils Practices or Intentions ML20141C4001997-06-16016 June 1997 Forwards Procedure 6575-ADM-4500.06, Emergency Response Procedure & Emergency Plan, That Was Inadvertently Overlooked & Not Included as Attachment in Submittal, ML20217Q5871997-06-11011 June 1997 Provides Concerns & Suggestions Re Gpu Decommissioning Plan ML20140C1271997-05-30030 May 1997 Forwards Response to 970408 RAI Re TS Change Request 59 & Revised Pages to Change Request Which Includes Rev to Original Text Based Upon Response Provided ML20140C9261997-05-30030 May 1997 Forwards Responses to 970424 RAI Re Questions Resulting from Review of SNEC Decommissioning QA Program ML20138B6261997-04-24024 April 1997 Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Amend Request for License DPR-4.Response Requested within 30 Days of Ltr Date ML20137R7911997-04-0909 April 1997 Forwards RAI Re Request for Amend to Facility License DPR-4 ML20140D3761997-04-0303 April 1997 Forwards 10CFR20.2206(b) 1996 Personnel Exposure Rept for Snec,Containing Info Required to Identify Total Number of Individuals for Whom Personnel Monitoring Was Required & Statistical Summary of Personnel Monitoring Info.W/O Encl ML20140B7131997-03-18018 March 1997 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/97-01 on 970127-29.No Violations Noted ML20136E2041997-03-0606 March 1997 Forwards Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to Facility License & Proposed NSHC Determination & Opportunity for Hearing Re 961125 Request to Amend Facility License DPR-4 ML20134K1961997-02-11011 February 1997 Expresses Appreciation for Participation in 970128 Public Meeting on Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Rept for Facility.Transcript of Meeting Encl ML20149M6621997-01-22022 January 1997 Forwards Copy of Notice That Appeared in 961219 Federal Register Re Public Meeting on post-shutdown Decommissioning Activities Rept for SNEC Facility & Agenda for Meeting ML20133N4001997-01-21021 January 1997 Informs That NRC Planning to Hold Public Meeting on post- Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Rept for SNEC Facility in Sexton,Pa on 970128 ML20133P9381997-01-21021 January 1997 Forwards Insp Rept 50-146/96-01 on 961119-21.No Violations Noted ML20133E1121997-01-0808 January 1997 Informs That NRC Planning to Hold Public Meeting on post- Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Rept for SNEC Facility on 970128 ML20134P3351996-11-25025 November 1996 Forwards TS Change Request 59,submitting Decommissioning TSs ML20134L7311996-11-0808 November 1996 Submits site-specific Cost Estimate for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Facility as Required by 10CFR50.82(a)(8)(ii) & Satisfies Commitment to Have an Approved Quality Assurance Plan,Per 10CFR71.101 1999-06-03
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MONTHYEARML20217D4031999-10-0606 October 1999 Summarizes Series of Four Revs That Have Been Made to SNEC Emergency Response Procedure & Emergency Plan Since 970408. Revs Include Changes to Reflect Current Site Conditions & Changes in Organizational Structure ML20209B9971999-06-29029 June 1999 Forwards 1998 Annual Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp (Snec).Rept Covers Period Beginning 980101-981231 ML20195E0131999-06-0303 June 1999 Provides Encl Info as Evidence of Jcp&L,Meed & Penelec Commitment to Assure Continued Financial Support of Decommissioning Efforts of SNEC ML20206F6451999-04-29029 April 1999 Forwards 1998 Annual Radioactive Release Rept for SNEC & Rev 0 to Odcm. Explanations of Attachments 1-9,listed ML20206G0351999-04-27027 April 1999 Forwards Proprietary 10CFR20.2206(b) Personnel Exposure Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp.Rept Contains Info Required to Identify Total Number of Individuals for Whom Personnel Monitoring Was Required.Proprietary Info Withheld ML20205H1081999-03-31031 March 1999 Forwards Current Funding Status for Decommissioning Funds Established for OCNPP,TMI-1,TMI-2 & SNEC ML20248D6981998-05-28028 May 1998 Forwards Annual Rept & Radiological Environ Monitoring Rept for 970101-1231 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp ML20217H2231998-04-17017 April 1998 Forwards Personnel Exposure Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp for Calendar Year 1997.W/o Encl ML20217P7701998-03-31031 March 1998 Provides Results of Calculations Performed to Evaluate Dose to Public to Be Expected from Hypothetical Spill of Tritiated Water Being Stored in SNEC Facility Containment Vessel.Scenarios Found to Have No Significant Public Health ML20217P4181998-03-0303 March 1998 Provides Response to Question 7 of RAI Dtd 980128.Response Will Be Incorporated as Suppl 1 to Facility Decommissioning Environ Rept ML20202F6961998-02-0909 February 1998 Provides Response to Questions Re Apparent Undocumented Changes to Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Decommissioning QA Plan ML20202B2351998-02-0303 February 1998 Responds to 980128 RAI Re TS Change Request 59.Response Includes Proposed Revised Pages to Facility License,Ts, Updated Sar,Decommissioning QA Plan & Figures to Post Shutdown Activities Rept.W/Certificate of Svc ML20211C2371997-09-16016 September 1997 Forwards Rev 0 to Procedure 6575-PLN-4542.09, SNEC Facility Process Control Program, for Review & Approval.Activities Will Be Initiated Starting W/Item 1.2.2.3 of Figure 2.2-4 of Decommissioning Plan When Approval of Tscr 59 Is Obtained ML20210Q2211997-08-21021 August 1997 Forwards Response to Requests for Addl Info & 0806.Info Suppls Previous Responses to Questions,Addresses Recent Questions on ODCM & Incorporates Editorial Comments Commited by Telcon.Revised TS & Updated SAR Encl ML20141C4001997-06-16016 June 1997 Forwards Procedure 6575-ADM-4500.06, Emergency Response Procedure & Emergency Plan, That Was Inadvertently Overlooked & Not Included as Attachment in Submittal, ML20141C6541997-06-16016 June 1997 Clarifies Statements in Safety Insp Rept 50-146/97-01 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Facility,That Do Not Reflect Utils Practices or Intentions ML20217Q5871997-06-11011 June 1997 Provides Concerns & Suggestions Re Gpu Decommissioning Plan ML20140C9261997-05-30030 May 1997 Forwards Responses to 970424 RAI Re Questions Resulting from Review of SNEC Decommissioning QA Program ML20140C1271997-05-30030 May 1997 Forwards Response to 970408 RAI Re TS Change Request 59 & Revised Pages to Change Request Which Includes Rev to Original Text Based Upon Response Provided ML20140D3761997-04-0303 April 1997 Forwards 10CFR20.2206(b) 1996 Personnel Exposure Rept for Snec,Containing Info Required to Identify Total Number of Individuals for Whom Personnel Monitoring Was Required & Statistical Summary of Personnel Monitoring Info.W/O Encl ML20134P3351996-11-25025 November 1996 Forwards TS Change Request 59,submitting Decommissioning TSs ML20134L7311996-11-0808 November 1996 Submits site-specific Cost Estimate for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp Facility as Required by 10CFR50.82(a)(8)(ii) & Satisfies Commitment to Have an Approved Quality Assurance Plan,Per 10CFR71.101 ML20134F3221996-10-25025 October 1996 Forwards SNEC Facility USAR to Incorporate Changes Commensurate W/Snec Facility Condition as It Makes Transition from Safstor to Active Decommissioning & Dismantlement ML20129G9531996-09-30030 September 1996 Provides Clarification of Approach Util Proposes to Fulfill Requirements Specified in New 50.82 Re SNEC Facility ML20117C2011996-08-20020 August 1996 Forwards Addendum to 1995 Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp 960524 Annual Rept ML20115K0511996-07-18018 July 1996 Forwards Responses to 960606 Request for Addl Info Re Questions Resulting from Review of SNEC Facility Decommissioning Plan & Environ Rept ML20117N6901996-06-17017 June 1996 Informs NRC That Transfer to Gpun management-related Responsibilities for SNEC Facility as Set Forth by Order Approving Transfer Issued on 960510 Completed.Signed Copy of Amend 23 to Indemnity Agreement B-5 Encl ML20112D0091996-05-24024 May 1996 Responds to Request for Addl Info Re Tech Spec Change Request 57,which Addresses Proposed Expansion of Permissible Work Scope at SNEC Facility ML20107K0711996-04-24024 April 1996 Submits Response to RAI Re TS Change Request 57 Which Addresses Proposed Expansion of Permissible Work Scope at Facility ML20101C5621996-03-13013 March 1996 Provides Addl Info in Support of 951121 LAR ML20101B8741996-03-0808 March 1996 Requests NRC Approval to Leave Shield Blocks & Steel Plates in SNEC Facility Containment Vessel,In Place After Completion of Reactor/Fuel Storage Cavity Characterization Activities ML20100P3731996-02-28028 February 1996 Submits Revs to No Significant Hazards Consideration Analysis Based on Conversation W/Snec Facility Project Manager Re Deficiencies Found in Text Supporting Proposed Changes Contained in SNEC Tscr 57 ML20149K8021996-02-16016 February 1996 Forwards Rev 0 of SNEC Facility Decommissioning Plan ML20100H6121996-02-16016 February 1996 Responds to 950818 RAI Re Inadvertent Breach of Facility Containment Vessel Liner During Core Bore Operations in Support of Characterization.Rev 0 to Program 6250-PGD-2720 & Rev 0 to Procedure 6575-ADM-4500.07 Encl ML20100F4571996-02-0202 February 1996 Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-4,proposing Expansion of Permitted Principal Activities within Exclusion Area,Certificate of Service & Safety Evaluation & Determination of No Significant Hazards Considerations ML20097G3341995-12-21021 December 1995 Requests Consideration of Amend Application Re Transfer of All mgt-related Responsibilities to SNEC ML20087H8211995-08-11011 August 1995 Forwards Agreement Which Describes & Governs Relationship Between SNEC & Gpun,In Response to NRC RAI Re TS Change Request 56 ML20087F0941995-08-0808 August 1995 Informs of Recent Action by Licensee Board of Directors to Name Fd Hafer as SNEC President as Replacement for Je Hildebrand & Ga Kuehn to Position of SNEC Vice President & General Manager Replacing Ba Good ML20087J7541995-07-27027 July 1995 Forwards Responses to RAI Re 15 Day Rept on Inadvertent Breach of Snef Containment Vessel Liner & Status Activities Associated W/Installation of Permanent Plug or Seal.Root Cause/Human Performance Evaluation Results Encl ML20086B8421995-06-28028 June 1995 Forwards Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp 1994 Annual Rept for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility for 940101-941231 ML20086A5481995-06-23023 June 1995 Forwards Addendum to TS Change Request 56 to License DPR-4, Revising TS Pages 1,2 & 8 to Change Organization Performing Remainder of Characterization Activities & Future Decommissioning Activities to Assure Linkage W/Licensee ML20092B3441995-06-0707 June 1995 FOIA Request for Correspondence Between Westinghouse & AEC Re Westinghouse Work on Saxton Experimental Reactor in Saxton,Pa Between Years of 1956 & 1974 ML20084J2641995-06-0202 June 1995 Forwards Request for Amend to DPR-4 TSs (TS Change Request 56) ML20082K2891995-04-0606 April 1995 Provides Addl Info Re 950327 Meeting Between Gpu & NRC Concerning Idea of Independent Inspector.News Article from Altoona Mirror Which Author Believe Accurately Represents Bedford County Commissioners Viewpoint Encl ML20076M3371994-10-28028 October 1994 Responds to RAI Re TS Change Request 55 ML20072C2181994-08-0808 August 1994 Forwards Application for Tscr to Revise Content & Format of Existing TS & Analysis Applying Standards of 10CFR50.92 in Making Significant Hazards Considerations Determination ML20062L7301993-12-20020 December 1993 Forwards Responses to NRC Questions Resulting from Review of TS Change Request 54.Revised TS Pages Also Encl ML20057A6371993-09-0808 September 1993 Forwards 10CFR20.407 Personnel Exposure Rept for 1992.Late Submittal Is Result of Administrative Error,Identified by Internal QA Audit.Corrective Action Taken ML20056G8191993-08-31031 August 1993 Forwards Penelec/Gpu Internal Affairs Dept Williamsburg Incident Investigation 89-WM-2, in Response to 930810 Telcon ML20045G6991993-06-23023 June 1993 Forwards TS Change Request 54 to License DPR-4,including Facility Characterization as Activity Permissible in TS 1999-06-03
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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. I would like copie.; of the following.
All correspondence in your files between Westinghouse and the Atomic Energy Commission pertaining to Westinghouse s wort on the Saxton experimental reactor in Saxton. Pa between the rears 1956 and 1979. as well as any memos. reports. etc.. directly relating to the above correspondence.
--All correspondence in your files between Pennsylvania State University officials or faculty and the Atomic Energy Commission pertaining to research carried out by Penn State faculty or students at the above-mentioned Sarton reactor between 1956 and 1974. as wen as any memos. reports. etc. directly relating to the above correspondence
--All correspondence in your files between Rutgers University officials or faculty and the Atomic Energy Commission pertaining to research carried out by Rutgers' faculty or students at the above-mentioned Saxton reactor between 1956 and 1974, as well as any memos.
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-All documents in your files pertaining to Euratom research and/or training at the above-mentioned SaIton reactor between 1956 and 1974.
--All documents in your files pertaining to contract training of personnel from (1.5. electric utilities at the above-mentioned Saxton reactor between 19.56 and 1974 None of these requests is meant to pertain to documents that are already in the Public Document Room in the Saxton docket, or released to me in previous FOI A requests. Westinghouse was partners with General Public Utilities Corp. in the Saxton project and supplied the reactor that was built there. Penn State and Rutgers were junior partners in the proiect. which was known as the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp. Euratom. the European Atomic Energy Communitv.
conducted training and research at Saxton. and various U.S. electric utilities sent personnel there for training.
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" Representative of the News .\ledia' status which entitles me to a waiver of search fees and 100 pages of free copying. These documents will be used in preparation of a book I am writing on the history of General Public Utilities Corp I am the author of one prior book. /hseen Banger .-l Tragedi o/
People. Gos ernment anJ the CentrJlia .lhNe fNe i1 was pUbIished in 1986 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. A copy of a review of my first book in the New Yort Times is enclosed Thank you for your attention to this request Sincerely ~
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water ran hot from die cold faucets Itoads were made g fort teestract th a cost 50 you are m a tun- By pow, att but stumt 60 of Centraba s 600*dd smpensable by smog A fdhng stauon's gasoluw tanks a tenual struggle fusture e out to prmwt H.s Imsumes have t een rased More than 300 peopW have were pumped dry to keep thena from aspiudmg. And m j been rekarated et Governenent esponsie in a program 19s1 the ground gave way tietiesth a 13-year 4Nd boy.
ressursee and you ate there. wegethng the bowels out of thei come fa# estore shast the efforts, now etsurteA to fight
- one thing to yee are we etsnesom aanaer en e enel mme " who was swallowed into the mane pd As he dangned the fire m the 1970 s Rehw aessn fnoney was wrtarsg from from a headhold on a tree ruut, his red cap was aputted htany urban Amernans may vwe the casi holds of j w eshanBion only thrnugh me prolunged agony of geses- through the fufnet and steam. He was yanked back Appalachia as lethal and temote lhe riots of rnamns tuuss positical accrvesen And other Pennsylvama towns j maal tandergruund are well enough known But what from hell Centreha was not.
went teenaid a the enequent test 6muny sheve. given by a may be next Througreaut the regsun. Mr DrMot wrties Unang unpubhehad daruments etnaened under me l assier as a Congressamal committee a generstem ago m " Unseen Danger." "the pimential for new mee fires Freedom of informatwm Act, Mr DeKuk a cuses offe-J
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- stais of pansms the buck and of cynicalindtfference to j in me isso's wtien Centraba s houses began fdhng Government sedi hads ways to overtauk - se that the the pergae of Centrahs Former Secretary of the li>
with 6ethat fumes, the inferior Deperiment supphed terwr James G. Wan is quoted as saying in lett, the l perus of me subierranean battle for cual between man munwore that detected mean The underground mee
'1 ame esture estand upward to the surtect 19e year of the Centralia mes fire,"There la not a.
The United Etates Beresu el Mines reported a ll?9 hre spread Some residents were unm ked unconscious threst to health and safety (The firel goes down deep-
} by the nonunas gases that rose to the surface Wmdues the deeper it burns, the less rtsk there is to safety j (and has seed httle en the subtect ennce) that more than had to be kept open durma me omser, and snow melted F ventually a odl burn out.*
3 mtlhost peuple la 19 states == 80 percent of them in 4 Pennsylvanas - were suffering damage to health and on the steemmg ground in ketchens arid bathrtems. But there are enough bureaucretec vdlains here to
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e fdl a Dickens novel. Mr DeKok deact1bes Richard L dunod und*rlesund cost menes and surface culm (cual ' Thornburgh me former stepubhcan Gn=ernor of Penn-waste) benkt. e nutnher of what h have been burnmg for M , sylvema, as twing evasave stunn the Centrahe fire The
"b-years *Particularly durms the first half of thes can. Governo.r's mpp. e,e prederesects, inierne. d. anim.wuham Scranton saya. aions e,m a and Mdion a ,
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large cast af lesser state and F ederal offmans - peruc-3 runmental maight " But es " Unseen Danger" and "5kiw ularte tdr. Scranton's bec recary of Mmes and Mineral j Buru"' show. the bureau's self-satished enferenre that g ,@f ladust see, a professor of msnma enameering named H
- Beec'er Charmbury j thangs were gettmg better e me second half of the cen- - N tury was premature pubhc retaimma la Lhese books. David DeKok. a regwrter edh The %- $ -
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( years of futile efforts te track me course of the f6Fe.
i gsua known to meers as "the anthrerde* was smoked ,
end chuked for 34 years by a runaway enferno m the - Margaret 0 Kark, a freetenre writer, e a brief esurt>
l .~ ' *. ductson to the himk. wrues that the test tio6es - dug in j shamsuned mine tunnets beneath at the fore's uviam is suit officantly a mystery, although Mr Dekuk puenas uut . .
schoolyards and churchyards. m sedewalks and inter-i= that A may have twen ignated when the testi set fire to e , w . 4 secnons, and tapped ai ground newed wnh manhsgh i landsal smokestacks for on steam exhaust - seemed stuck m f e the ground *hke freshly ht cigarettes
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