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Letter from Senator Connors and Assemblyman Rumpf and Van Pelt to Commissioner Mauriello, NRC Tritium Analysis - Oyster Creek
ML093200633
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 06/30/2009
From: Connors C, Rumpf B, Vanpelt D
State of NJ, Senate & General Assembly
To: Mauriello M
NRC Region 1, State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection
References
FOIA/PA-2009-0214
Download: ML093200633 (2)


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J1UN-30-2009 08:45 NRC 6E10 33? 5241 P.08 STATE OF NEW JERSEY CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS 9TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE OFFICES SENATOR-9TH DISTRICT 620 WEST LACEY ROAD PERMED RTVER, NJ 08731 DA~4.VANý PEI41P (609) 698-6700 (732) 240-0266 June 29, 2009 Honorable Mark N. Mauriello, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 402 ý A..

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Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402 RE; NRC TRITIUMANALYSIS - OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATI

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Dear Commissioner Mauriello:

This is a follow up to our April 21, 2009 and May 6, 2009 letters ruqu briefing regarding the discovery of tritium in a cable vault at the Oyster Crec Facility as soon as your Department's investigation is completed. The preliminar provided which we, in turn, made available to our constituency, was greatly apprec.iated.

jo, We write today regarding a recently published report in the media that the .NueI K*.eiA' Commission (NRC) is still determining whether or not to release to the public the root-ca.so annlYSi4. as to the cause of the tritium contamination at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station., Plewe, be advised that our Delegation has written NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko calling for 'the :irnmendiat release of this analysis. Enclosed, please find a copy of our letter to Chairman Jaczko.

Our purposo in writing to you today is to urge the Department to also support ',th,ý[ -e;iý ofIthe tritium release analysis. Given that the analysis pertains to public health and safety,-.we  :.liat ' ftill disclosure in this matter is absolutely necessary and that the general public is entitled to ths',iri fo ton.

Additionally, we hope it is the intention of the Department to release all documents and naterials related to its investigation of the incident.

We understand that the Department is still in the process of conducting itsownjinvctigaion.. As you will recall, our Delegation requested that, as the part of it's investigation, the Department analyze if the testing (monitoring) wells at the Oyster Creek facility were sufficient to identify a As an addendum to our initial request, we are also asking that the Department examine the -Piotelsc ¢dule maintained by nuclear generating facilities irf the state for testing the on-site and off-site mionitb ing wells to determine if they are sufficient.

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JIJN-30-2009 09:45 NRC 610 337 5241 P.09 Honorable Mark N. Mauriello, Commissioner June 29, 2009 Page 2 Again, we hope the Department will also call for the release to the .pule'.o..i rot

, .Suse analysis as to the cause of the tritium contamination at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Ge' iSta always, we look forward to working jointly with the Department inm,service to thoe',,tpo:e' Legislative District. Thank h youy for f your hi important commumc!n. en;* -the o immediate attention to this 9'9

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