ML093200629
| ML093200629 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 05/06/2009 |
| From: | Connors C, Rumpf B, Vanpelt D State of NJ, US SEN (Senate) |
| To: | Mauriello M NRC Region 1, State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2009-0214 | |
| Download: ML093200629 (1) | |
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Dear. Commhissioner Mlaluiel Ia:
ON April 21 our Delegation wrote toiy~ou r~equesting a report andior briefingregadi thtdicoer of iritiur in a cable vault atthe Oyster Cm~ek Nuclear Generating Facility, ssnsyurD atmnt' SixTVestgationisopeed Since that timc. new infor-mation has surfaccd that u Delegation would like exa"nin~d: a Spartbf aiiy investigation. that i3 o n~ducted and inchludfd in the re~q stinz buitefing.
Ayoae tlyawa Ir., various ma-dia outlets irt late April reportedthAPt triri M:.CUZIn conaMinaior was disco-vered nma copcr~etevault near the Facility'ýs turbine., Thi3 incident led to our first t o your Depa-tinenit. A little moric.
tnweklater there were reports fl at radioactive tritium has conta niatoefo-ji moanitoring wells a h'aiiy o h purpose of'add-rcs-sint, inquliries dimetctd %o our offce by-7on:ertmed re-Sidents, wet w;ould like to knwwhy the mriiurr wa~s discovered in thec conicr-ete vault before the monitoring wells, Furthermore-, it iS our undtrstandirtg that f1ollowing, the
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]on of the positive results fromt the existing woll, inure 'tsigwlshad t' edgt ute eiebt h source and extent of the lcak. Morcover;' fromn follo-wingý mnedia accounts, it appears that the level of tri-iiumn discovereýd in.
tbe groun~d wýýater -onitoring xells'rmay be at leve~ls substantially higher than those initially discovered in flhe pineý vaidis, Wke are c.oncerned that this may, suggest tha, the initial tcesting nel my hav bee m nl fiin toefLivl eec ek AcoriglyIth is is an issue we, would like theý Depari,tmettoann.
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