ML20125B172

Responds to Urging Halt of Const on All Nuclear Power Plants Until TMI Investigation Complete.Continued Const Will Not Preclude Mods to Design & Operation That Investigation May Recommend

ML20125B172
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Site:	Crane
Issue date:	09/07/1979
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Sieverman F AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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