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Repetitive failures of Limitorque operator SMB-4 motor-to-shaft key.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, 1981.
Series:	Information notice ; 81-08.
Subjects:	Nuclear power plants > Piping > Valves > Defects > United States. Limitorque (Firm)
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo130155

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