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Forwards Evidence Regarding Questions Posed to Chairman Ahearne by Congressman Udall in 800121 & 0204 Ltrs & Nuclear Accident & Recovery at Tmi. Certificate of Svc Encl
ML20148T830
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Issue date: 02/19/1981
From: Blake E
SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To: Jordan W, Little L, Smith I
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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Docket No. 50-289 (Restart)

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Frampton, Jr. to Chairman Ahearne, were served upon the parties identified on the attached Service-List by deposit in the "Jnited States mail, first class, postage prepaid, this 20th day of February, 1981.

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SERVICE LIST Ivan W.

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Levin, Esquire Chairman Assistant Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Pennsylvania Public Utility Ccmm' Board Panel Post Office Ecx 3265 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Washington, D.C.

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Carter, Esquire Dr. Walter H. Jordan Assistant Attorney General Atomic Safety and Licensing 505 Executive House Board Panel Pest Office Box 2357 881 West Outer Drive Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1712:

Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 John E. Minnich Dr. Linda W. Little Chairman, Dauphin County Board Atomic Safety and Licensing of Commissioners Board Panel Dauphin County Courthouse 5000 Hermitage Drive Front and Market Streets Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Earrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 James R. Tourte11otte, Esquire (4)

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Questions Submitted By Cengressman t'dyli Attached is a paper setting forth the evidence avail-able :: the Special Inquiry Group relevant to the two cets of questions posed to you by Congressman Udall in let crs dated January 21 and February 4, 1980.

The purpose of this memcrandum is to set in perspec*.ive the attached paper and the portions of our Reper dealing with the same subject.

Although the Commission did not specifically direct us to determine whether Met Ed officials willfally withheld

  • information from the NRC, our contract included a directive to examine the " assessment and dissemination of informatien."

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be an important one, and because Congressman Udall expressed an interest at an early date in having the question addressed, we considered it to be within the scope of our investigation.

During the course of our investigatica, we read pub-lished comments by NRC Commissioners that this was an out-standing issue relevant to the agency's TMI enforcement responsibility upon which it was expected that the Special Inquiry Group's work would shed further light.

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EVIDE!!CE RE QUESTIONS PCSED TO CHAIF."J.!! AHEAF'iE SY CONG?ISSMAN UDALL IN LETTERS CF JANUARY 21 AND FEBRUARY 4, 1980 Mitchell Rogovin, George T.

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