ML052940237

G20050732/LTR-05-0514 - Ltr. Rep. Sue Kelly Request Briefing on Status of the Spent Fuel Pool Leak at Indian Point

ML052940237
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	10/20/2005
From:	Kelly S US HR (House of Representatives)
To:	Diaz N NRC/Chairman
Jackson D RGN-I/DRP/PB2/610-337-5306
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ML052710475	List: ML052940237
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CORR-05-0147, G20050661, G20050732, LTR-05-0514
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 11/02/05 EDO CONTROL: G20050732 DOC DT: 10/20/05 FINAL REPLY:

Representative Sue Kelly TO:

Chairman Diaz FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** PRI ** CRC NO: 05-0514 Chairman Diaz DESC: ROUTING:

Request Briefing on Status of the Spent Fuel Reyes Pool Leak at Indian Point Virgilio Kane Silber Dean Cyr/Burns DATE: 10/21/05 Dyer, NRR Collins, RI ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT: Schmidt, OCA EDO Shoop SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

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OFFICE OF TTIE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed:Oct 21, 2005 08:26 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-05-0514 LOGGING DATE: 10/21/2005 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: REP Sue Kelly

• AFFILIATION: CONG ADDRESSEE: Nils Diaz

SUBJECT:

Express concern with the NRC's leadership in response to the spent fuel pool leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant ACTION: Signature of Chairman DISTRIBUTION: RF, OCA to Ack LETTER DATE: 10/20/2005 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING:

NOTES: Commission Correspondence FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: 1/t04/2005 DATE SIGNED:

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Dear Chairman Diaz:

My purpose in writing is to express my serious concern with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) leadership in response to the spent fuel pool leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in my Congressional district.

Understandably, many of us in the communities surrounding Indian Point have serious reservations about the NRC's response to this leak, From the outset, the Commission has failed to provide the prompt and definitive answers that local officials expect it to provide.

When the leak was initially detected, the NRC waited three weeks before even letting local officials and the public know about it. This lax response indicates a serious disconnect between the NRC and those in the surrounding communities, and it raises questions about the effectiveness of the NRC's response to this leak.

The fact that tritium, regardless of the low levels, has been discovered in the wells surrounding Indian Point is troubling. While the NRC has refused to draw any conclusions, it is apparent to many local officials and the community that the spent fuel pool leak and the tritium water detection are interrelated.

I request that you directly brief myself and my four colleagues in our area's Congressional delegation, Representatives Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel and Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, about the latest status of the spent fuel pool leak at Indian Point, and provide us a more definitive tirneline of your investigation. I'm particularly concerned about the leak's potential effects on the Hudson River and the area's drinking water, and my constituents and I would like our overall safety concerns addressed more urgently. The time for definitive answers about this leak is past due.

I thank you in advance for your timely response.

Sue Kelly Member of Con as

/ INTED ONIIECYCLED PAPER OCT-20-2005 16:24 P.02