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Twx Discussing Gs Spencer,Ld Low & RW Smith 630926 Visit to Proposed Bodega Site Re Fault Discovered in Bedded Sediments in Wall of Reactor Excavation
ML20235F393
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Site: 05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date: 09/27/1963
From: Engelken R
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Kornblith L
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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PRCPOSED EODECA SITE WAS. VISITED BY C. S. SPENCER' L. D. LOW' a

AND E. W. SMITH' DIVISION OF COMPLI ANCE ON SEPTEMBER 26' 1963.

RESULTS OF THE VISIT ARE AS TOLLOWS CLN TURT IER TR ACING OF THE FAULT DISCOVERED IN THE BEDDED SEDit1ENTS IN THE WALL OT HE 13E TT.

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