ML20215L877
| ML20215L877 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 05/05/1987 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Clay Johnson AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| OL, NUDOCS 8706260200 | |
| Download: ML20215L877 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION j
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Ms.-C. Johnson.
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Dear Ms.'Johnsoni f
t Thank you for your recent letter concerning the Seabrook Nuclear Station.
Since the Seabrook Station is currently the subject of licensing' hearings
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'before the Commission, it'is inappropriate for me to comment on the merits
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1 I appreciate.and welcome your views on the Commission's responsibilities.
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Post Office Box 301, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 THE BOSTON GLOBE SATURDAY, APRft, 11. 1987. 7 hH NRC critique 6w L:
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tor has told Congress.
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Office of Investigations, told the A^^y Senate Governmental Affalrs Committee Thursday that the dde-uments, dated June 8,1983, gave
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to the point of squelching poten-tially embarrassing investigadons and compromising safety.
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'eI Lv dered to turn over his notes ',and C. e --.. s all copies of the documents to NRC Commissioner Thomas M. Rob-erts, who told the senators hd de-stroyed them.
The documents out!!ned infor-mation gathered by a repo'rter about cracks in the concrete (loor of Waterford's containment facili-ty and unspecified "collusionT be-tween the NRC and utility officials to cover up the problem.
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