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Forwards Insp Rept 50-363/74-01 on 740423-26.No Violations Identified.W/O Encl
ML20107J518
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Site: 05000363
Issue date: 05/15/1974
From: Robert Carlson
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Finfrock I
JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO.
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Docket No. 050-363

Attention:

Mr. I. R. Finfrock, Jr.

License No. CPPR-96

Vice President

260 Cherry Elill Road

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Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

Centlemen:

This refers to the inspection c.onducted by Mr. Brown of this office

on April 23-26, 1974 at Klein, Schanslin & Becker Company (KSB)

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plant located in Frankenthal, Germany of activities authorized

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by AEC License No. CPPR-96 and to the discussions of our findings

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held by Mr. Brown with Mr. Avers of your staff at the conclusion

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of the inspection.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Regulatory.

Operations Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.

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Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations

of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel,

and observations by the inspector.

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Within the scope of this inspection, no violations or

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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the AEC's " Rules of Practice",

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Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this

1etter and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the

AEC's Public Document Roon.

If this report contains any information

that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietary, it is

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necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to

this office to withhold such information from public disclosure.

Any such application must include a full statement of the

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reasons on the basis of which it is claimed that the information

is proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary

information identified in the application is contained in a

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separate part of the document. If we do not hear from you in

this regard within the specified period, the report will be

placed in the Public Document Room.

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Sincerely,

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Robert T. Carlson, Chief

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Violation of the Technica1' Specifications, Table S.I.1.A.12,

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