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Suppl to Air & Water Pollution Patrol 860224 Response to NRC 860127 Document to EC Bauer Identified as Monthly Notice, Applications & Amends to OLs Involving NSHC ,30 & 860109
ML20138B965
Person / Time
Site: Limerick Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/19/1986
From: Romano F
AIR AND WATER POLLUTION PATROL
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Shared Package
ML20138B949 List:
References
86-522-02-LA, 86-522-2-LA, 86-526-04-LA, 86-526-4-LA, OLA-OLA-2, NUDOCS 8603250237
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U.S. Nuclear Regualtory Commission i Washington, D.C. 20555 EOFFICE OF SECRETAR f 4_ m s ' 00CMETING & SERVICE BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE' JUDGES: BRANCH Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Richard:F. Cole 'i ' Gustave A. Linenberger, J r .H s

                                    .        -In The Mat'ter Of                                                              Docket No N50-352-OLA-1 PHILADELPHI A ELEC'"RIC COMPANY                                                 [ASLBP.Noi.86-522-02-LA]

(Limerick Generating Station (Check valves) . iUnit 1)' Docket"No. 50'-352-OLA-2 4

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                                             ' SUPPLEMENT OF AIRJ&) WATER POLLUTIONIPATROL 1(AWPP) .0FJ_                                                                                                                             l FEB .' 2 4, .1986 RESP,0NSE TO DOCUMENT [ DATED Ul/27/86) TOO '

3 MR .' J E . C.JBAUER,' PHILADELPHIALELECTRICICOMPANY;.'FROM' THE NRC WHICH RELA'l'ES

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APPLICATIONS AND. AMENDMENTS'.,TO OPERATINGaLICENSESSIN . '

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' Philadelphia Electric disagreed that ithe welds were .improp-- j er,-but-after a forced re-inspection proved;they were~ improper,
                                        .P.E.           agreed t;,q_re-inspect      e                           other. welds supposedly inspected 1by                                                                           '

that' errant i~n s pec to r . In as much as thisl incident involved safe-ty, I. asked the NRC, during the.past three years, to require P.E. ~ to prove such welds were reinspected. Because of conflicting in-formation supplied by P.E. both 40 me and the NRC, in July, I in- ! fluenced the NRC to require legal affidavits from P.E. represen-

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Report 86-02 now details (again sof tly) Pipe rupture on the  : ifirst week of Jan., 1986, attesting to danger to the public from

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