ML033450476
| ML033450476 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 10/28/2003 |
| From: | Wolff A Township of Berkeley, NJ |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| TAC MC1509, Y20030196 | |
| Download: ML033450476 (5) | |
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Z-Original Due Date: 12/29/2003 From:
Anne Wolff Ticket Number: 020030196 Document Date:
NRR Received Date: 12/11/2003 TACs: r(nLt I5O Dyer Borchardt Craig Sheron Case NRR Mailroom To:
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NRC For Signature of:
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Oyster Creek Routing:
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MARSH, LEDYARD (TAD) B Special Instructions:
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h RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BERKELEY C.LLING FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH
- X CALL FOR CLEAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND A JUST TRANSITION FOR DISPLACED OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WORKERS.
October 28, 2003
- WHEREAS, the recent power outages in Ocean County including the shut down of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant constitute a deep and abiding concern that major changes should be. made to our.energy sources and transmission,mechanisms; and
- WHEREAS, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant produces less than 1V of the energy on. the PRJ Electric Grid and can be replaced by alternative sources of energy; and WHEREAS; the Berkeley Township Council has in the past expressed opposition and concern to the activities of JCP&L and the subsequent owners of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, specifically by:
(1) joining William DeCamnp, Jr. in a Prerogative Writ Action in 1994 against JCP&L and the Lacey Township Zoning Board of Adjustment which permitted the storage of spent nuclear fuel rods at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant at a cost that was funded by the taxpayers of Berkeley Township.
(2) adopting a Resolution on April 12, 1994 urging the Lacey Township Zoning Board of Adjustment to reconsider the application of GPU/JCPGL's storage of nuclear waste at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
(3). adopting a Resolution on May 13, 2003 requesting an independent evacuation study and a plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to protect Berkeley Township in the event of an emergency at the Oyster Creek Generating Station; and
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- WHEREAS, there is a lack of public confidence in the evacuation plaxi based on the consensus that the plan is insufficient to evacuate residents in the Ocean County area; and
- WHEREAS, in the case of a major nuclear accident, it would take one to four hours for radioactive plumes to spread within a ten mile ring of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant depending on the weather and evacuation would take considerably longer than four hours for the approximately 244,000 people located within that radius; and WHEREAS, radioactive releases 'could cause cancer in people as far as 500 miles away and make homes uninhabitable according to a 1990 Sandia National Laboratories Report: and
- WHEREAS, the elevated fuel pool at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant containing highly radioactive waste does not offer adequate protection in the event of strong weather situations or terrorist attack; and WHEREAS, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant is the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the country; WHEREAS, in 1985 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the Mark I Nuclear Reactor Containment System is a faulty design and has a
90%
projected failure rate in case of an accident therefore making it necessary to vent the pressure build up to avoid rupturing the containment system; and
- WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not taken enforcement action against an 11 year old non-compliance identified in a January 24, 2003 Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Report involving the ability of the reactor to safely shut down in the event of a fire, exposing the public to undue riski and WHEREAS, nuclear power poses safety and environmental risks and is heavily dependant on taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies, and generates cancer causing Strontium 90, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF Ti!E TOWNSHIP OF BERXELEY, IN THE. C3O1UTY G0 OCEAN A'lSAD STAvTE O NEW JERSEX, that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is urged to decommission the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in tpzil, 20O4
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with a just transition period to insure that all affected workers are retrained and rehired; and be it further RESOLVED that the Berkeley Township. Council urge the implementation and use of clean energy sclutions, including renewable energy such as solar and wind power for which state funds are available, and energy conservation; and be it further' RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the following:
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Governor James E. McGreeviy
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Senator Jon S. Corzine, One Newark Center, 1 1 th Floor, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
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Senator Frank Lautenberg, One Gateway Center, 23rd Floor, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
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Congressman Robert Menendez, 2238 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3013 5,- Congressman Rush D. Holt, 1019 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3012
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Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, 2442 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3011
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, 2209 Rayburn HOB,.
Washington, DC 20515-3010 B.
Congressman Steven R. Rothman, 1607 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3009
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Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr., 1722 Longworth HOD, Washington, DC.20515-3006
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Congressman Mike Ferguson, 214 Ca&non HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3007
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Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., 420 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3006
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Congressman Scott Garrett, 2641 Longworth SOB, Washington, DC 20515-3005
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Congressman Christopher H. Smith, 2373 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3004
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Congressman Jim Saxton, 339 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515-3003
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Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo, 225 Cannon HOD, Washington, DC 20515-3002
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Congressman Robert E. Andrews, 2439 Rayburn BOB, Washington, DC 20515-3001
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, P.
O. Box 402, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20460
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Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, 59 Berkshire Court, Toms River, New Jersey, 08753
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- NJPIRG, 11 North Willow Street, Trenton, New Jersey, 08608
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Mayor and Council Members
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Township Attorney ANNE M. WOLFF, Council President hwebyCERn1R=TION this Townhrp ofln In wftnegt W ha andfti iei sh t
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