ML20136B981
| ML20136B981 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/06/1979 |
| From: | ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTITUTE |
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| References | |
| PR-790406-01, NUDOCS 7909130409 | |
| Download: ML20136B981 (1) | |
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nation, 122 ' t ryl ind A cenue,
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the faderal ;cverr ent at Senate Health Subcennitt,e hearfr.;3 an the Three Mile N'
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", r. Karl Z. Mor an, a founder of the health ph ;ics profession in the U.S.
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>r <firector of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, cites inidequate.onitoring ad 1.:k u i
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