ML052090233

Y020050160 - Letter from Beverly Carle Determining the Evacuation Plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

ML052090233
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	07/12/2005
From:	Carle B Township of Berkeley, NJ
To:	Marsh T NRC/NRR/DLPM
Tam P, NRR/DLPM, 415-1451
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ML052690055	List: ML052090233
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TAC MC7987, Y020050160
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Original Due Date: 09/27/2005 Ticket Number: 020050160 Document Date: 07/12/2005 NRR Received Date: 07/27/2005 From: TACs:

Beverly Carle MC7987

• • • YELLOW ***

Tad Marsh For Signature of: Routing:

Dyer Borchardt Sheron NRR Mailroom

Description:

Letter from Beverly Carle re: Determining the Evacuation Plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Assigned To:

Contact:

DLPM MARSH, LEDYARD (TAD) B Special Instructions:

Assign to Cornie Holden for action.

Beverly M. Carle I*~

Township Clerk Phone: 732-244-7400 ext.205 627 Pinewald/Keswick Road Fax: 732-244-3428 P.O. Box B 732-505-0145 Bayville, NJ 08721 Email: townshipclerk~twvp.berkeley.nj.us I, Beverly Al. Cartle, Acting Township Clerk, of the Township of Berkeley, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of:

RESOLUTION #05-245-R Determining the Evacuation Plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to be Inadequate to Protect Berkeley Township and Area Residents Passed by the Township Council of Township of Berkeley the 12th day of July, 2005 as now filed in the Clerk's Office and compared with the original In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Township of Berkeley, at Bayville, New Jersey this 13th day Jilj, 2005.

teverly M. Ckl I Acting Township Clerk Berkeley Township

05-245-R A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BERKELEY DETERMINING THE EVACUATION PLAN FOR THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION TO BE INADEQUATE TO PROTECT BERKELEY TOWNSHIP AND AREA RESIDENTS.

July 12, 2005 WHEREAS, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in the Township of Lacey has not provided adequate security or an adequate evacuation plan in the event of an emergency; and WHEREAS, part of the evacuation plan is based upon the 1990 census and Ocean County's population has increased by about 63,000 residents and is one of the fastest growing counties in New Jersey; and WHEREAS, the tourist population swells during the summer months; and WHEREAS, 9/11 was a wake up call that we are vulnerable and we need to take seriously all factors that may cause a catastrophe or worsen the outcome; and WHEREAS, the Oyster Creek Generating Station's Mark I Reactor's radiation containment system is obsolete and has been heavily criticized by former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the on-site modules filled with nuclear waste and the fuel pool may pose and attractive target for terrorists; and WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the owners of Oyster Creek Nuclear Facility have not provided credible security for citizens, even after being exposed by Channel 12; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Township Council of the Township of Berkeley that the Township determines the evacuation plan for the Oyster Creek Generating Station to be entirely inadequate for the protection of area residents; and be it further RESOLVED, that a certified copy of the within Resolution be forwarded by the Township Clerk to the following:

I. President George W. Bush

2. Senator Jon S. Corzine One Riverfront Plaza, 3d Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102

3. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg I Newark Center 14th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102

4. Congressman H. James Saxton 100 High Street Suite 301 Mt. Holly, New Jersey 08060

5. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs (OPA)

Washington, D.C. 20555

6. 9gtand I Oh New Jersey State Legislators

7. Mr. William Dressel New Jersey League of Municipalities 407 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618

8. Mayor and Council

9. Business Administrator

10. Chief Financial Officer II. Township Attorney

12. Township Engineer (a

P]vJ stAkb0, Council President CERTIFICATION I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE WITHIN RESOLUTION WAS FINALLY PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BERKELEY, IN THE COUNTY OF OCEAN, ON orI.

12th DAY OF July, 2005.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL CORPORATE SEAL OF SAID TOWNSHIP THIS 13th DAY OF July, 2005.

Beverly M. Carle Township Clerk

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