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Frank E. Kruesi, 1980-1983.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Accession: 1957Identifier: 1957-II.-B.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980-1983.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and enclosures from Kruesi as Director of the Manufacturing Division. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include reactor staffing; safety procedures at SRP; cleanup efforts at Three Mile Island; preliminary design of the Defense Waste Processing Facility at Savannah River; comments by Kruesi on a 1983 proposal by International Fusion Industries for a fusion reactor; comparison of Salem River and Savannah River automatic shutdown systems; breeder reactors; and re-evaluation of the SRP contract in discussion with DOE and BPA officials. Other materials include a draft of the initial proposal for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (hereafter DWPF); several speeches on safety at SRP and safety as a management issue given by Kruesi and by Irving S. Shapiro; a summary (author unknown) of Dupont's official position on its role in strategic nuclear materials production and waste management; a 1976 DPW report on safety control at SRP reactors; and excerpts from a (Du Pont) company manual on reactor safety, which provides discussion of departmental responsibilities.

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Extent

From the Collection: 80 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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