ML19029A460

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Request for Report & Correspondence for Constituent'S Inquiry
ML19029A460
Person / Time
Site: Salem, Hope Creek, 05000355  PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 03/12/1979
From: Williams H
US SEN (Senate)
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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HARRISO/:I A! 'Vt-fLFlA~S. JR. * -

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  • WASHINGTON, O.C. 20510 March 1 2, 197 9 Nuclear Regulatorj7 Commission Congressional Relations 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20505

Dear Director:

Enclosed you will find a copy of the letter 1--

have received from Mayor Samuel E. Donelson of Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey.

I would appreciate any information which will enable me to respond to my constituent's inquiry.

Please return the enclosed correspondence with your report.

With kindest regards, Sincerely,

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Enclosure

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"~~SOLUTION OPPOSING STORAGE OF HI~EVEL

~CTIVE W~STES IN LOWER ALLOWAYS C*

  • TO WHEREAS, Salem Nuclear Generating is in operation and Unit i2 is close to an operational perm.it and construction permits have been issued for*Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Unit il and i2, and :all"'
  • of said nuclear generating facilities are locat*ed in the. .;--

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Township of Lower Alloways Creek, New Jersey: and WHEREAS, l'uhlic service Electric & Gas Co., has applied for an amendment to its facility operating license for increased capacity fuel racks at the .Salem Nuclear

  • Generating ~tation, and said application will permit six (6) cores at any one time to be stored at Salem Unit *l and Unit *2, and Hope Creek Unit U and n: and WHEREAS, the citizens of Lower Alloways Creel~

Township are ala:rmed about the dangers and risks attendant to the increased storage capacity of hazardous high level radioactive wastes- at Artificial Island and/or the Township of Lower A1loways Creek; and WHEREAS, the increased storage capacity of hazardous high. level radioactive wastes could significantly effect the quality of human envirorunent, not only in' the Township of Lower Alloways Creek, but also in other municipalities in the State of New Jersey as well as the State of Delaware; and

.WHEREAS, there is a dispute as to an emergency need to increase the storage capacity of spent fuel at the Salem 1 nuclear generating facility in that the existing storage pool contains sufficient space necessary to accommodate full core discharge and also to accommodate normal refueling discharges;

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NOW-THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Township of Lower Alloways Creek, County of Salem, State of New Jersey, as follows:

l. That the Township is opposed to the concept of re-racking spent fuel at the Salem Unit #1 and Unit f,2, and Hope Creek Unit il and i2, to permit twenty-four (24) cores of spent fuel to be stored within a seventeen (17) year period. The Township opposes any application for re-racking that would permit greater storage *of spent fuel assemblies greater than that originally planned at Salem Unit il, to wit: one and one-third Cl-1/3) cores.
2. The Township opposes the construction of any at-reactor site cooling pools or spent fuel pools to enlarge the capacity of storage of spent fuel on Artificial Island beyond the requirements of periodic maintenance*' and s.torage .,.->**,

of spent fuel for a reasonable cooling period. .n*

3. The Township opposes the location of any independent storage facilities for spent fuel within the Township. -1
4. The Township urges the United States Nuclear Regulatory Canmission to fulfill its obligation pursuant to the United States Code*, Title 42, Section 5877, that immediate programs be initiated for the permanent disposal *;,...

of spent fue1 away-from-reactor.: sites and out of the Township; and that no further operating 9ermits be issued at Salem *,

Unit .#2, and.Hope Creek Units ~land #2, until such time as ?ermanent disposal sites for spent fuel are operational and available.

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Township Committee of Lower Alloways Creek Township, will do everything within its power to resist and prevent the expansion of increased spent fuel storage at the Salem ~l and i2, and Hope Creek *l and *2 nuclear generating facilities.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies _of this Resolution shall be mailed to:

Honorable Brendan T. Bryne, Governor, State of New Jersey

  • Office of* . coastal Zone ManageJT1ent Cong:tessman*Williarn Hughen Senator ~aymond J. Zane AsseI:lblyman <*laJ;:1:in. Herman Assemblyman D1>nci.I" 4..Stewart Salem County 13o-arcf of Freeholders Salem County Planning Board Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Atlantic City Electric Co~

Delaware River Joint Basin Commission Wilmapco The foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Township Committee of Lower Al.J.ow~ Creek by unanimous vote at its meeting of F~~ruari 16., 1979.

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. SAMUEL E. DONELS_Q_N., Mayor Dated:

ATTEST:

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MARY HENDERSON, Clerk

UNITED STATES OF A~IBRICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMHISS ION In the Matter of )

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS ) Docket No. (s) 50-272 COMPANY )

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(Salem Nuclear Generating )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document (s) \l upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Office of the Secretary of the Com.~ission_ in thi~ proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2 -

Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory ColTh~ission's Rules and Regulations.

Dated at Washington,*D.C. this

/rJ!li day of l/Jau/J 1971_.

Secretary of the

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maTED STATES OF AMERICA KUCI.EAR REGUU.TORY COMMISSION Ic the Matter of )

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{Salem Nuclear Generating Station, )

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SERVICE LIST Gary L. Milhollin, Esq. William C. Horner, Esq.

1815 Jefferson Street 67 Market Street

~facison, Wisconsin 53711 Salem, New Jersey 08079

~-~r. Lester ~~ornOlitn, ..Ir. Keith A. Onsciorff, Es0.

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L. S. :*~uclear Re~ulator:v Co~i ssion Depart::ent of the Public AC:vocc.te

~~shington, D.C. 20555 520 East State Street .

'Irenton, ~~e:.; Jersey 086Cll Dr. James*C. La~b, III 313 Woodhaven Road Mr. Alfred C. Doleman, Jr.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Ms. Eleanor G. Coleman 35 "K" Drive Counsel for NRC Staff Pennsville, New Jersey 08070 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CoillI!l.ission Washington, D.C. 20555 Ms. Ruth Fisher "The Sun People" Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq. Alternate Energy Advocates Conner, Moore and Corber South Dennis, New Jersey 08245 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

June D. ~cArtor, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Deputy Attorney General P.O. Box 1401 Dover, Delaware 19901

lichard ~-f. Eluchan, Esq.

g.5 *~*7est Street Richard Fryling, Jr., Esq.

Trenton, ~e~ Jersey 08625 Public Service Electric and Gas Company Carl Valore. JR .. Esa. r:

80 Park Place

-V~lore, ~1cAllister, Aron and Newark, New Jersey 07101

'Westmoreland, P.A.

535 Tilton Road

~forth field, New Jersey 08225

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