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Letter from Senator Connors and Assemblyman Rumpf and Van Pelt to President Barack Obama, NRC Tritium Analysis - Oyster Creek
ML093200632
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 06/30/2009
From: Connors C, Rumpf B, Vanpelt D
State of NJ, Senate & General Assembly
To: Obama B
NRC Region 1, US Executive Office of the President, Office of the White House Counsel
References
FOIA/PA-2009-0214
Download: ML093200632 (2)


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M uJ1-30-2009 08:44 NRC STATE OF NEW JERSEY 9TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE OFFICES 620 WEST LACEY ROAD FOKD* RIVER, NJ 08731 (609) 693-6700 (732) 24-0-0266 CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS SENATOR-9TH DISTRECT June 29, 2009 610 337 5241 P.04

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C Honorable Barack Obama, President The United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC, 20500

    • Sent via facsir RE: NRC Tritium Analysis - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station,.La

Dear Mr. President:

As the New Jersey State Legislators representing the 9th Legi Delegation is writing to you today regarding a root-cause analysis prep*

Regulatory Commission (NRC) concerning a tritium release that occurred year at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station which is located in La Jersey.

According to published media reports, the NRC has a time frame: of six w.k, t1d' de whether or not to make this information public. As we have stated in a letter to6 N CRhi,?

Gregory B. Jaczko, we strongly believe that the contents of the analysis shoixId be,,

oiiýd ed public information and, therefore, released in a timely fashion. From our poini, w, the analysis should be made available for review by the very people whose health and saet it is the NRC's obli~ation to nrotect.*

Considering the issues of public health and safety that are involved, our, -

gD*jion is respectfully requesting that your Administration direct the NRC to release the root-ci'se *yis to the public, We believe that doing so would serve in the interest of govemm='em traýwspaency and provide access to information that we believe the people are entitled to.

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JUN-30-2009 08:44 NRC Honorable Barack Obarna, President June 29, 2009 Page 2 Thank you, in advance, for your attention to this important request.

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