ML20153F097
| ML20153F097 | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/04/1998 |
| From: | Bangart R NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Connors C, Connors L, Moran J NEW JERSEY, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9809290003 | |
| Download: ML20153F097 (5) | |
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,4 SEP - 4195' The Honorable Leonard T. Connors, Jr.
- The Honorable Jeffrey W. Moran The Honorable Christopher J. Connors State of New Jersey 9 District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Dear Senator Connors and Assemblymen Moran and Connors:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 19,1998 to Mr. David Most with a carbon copy to NRC Commissioner Shirley Ann ~ Jackson. Your letter referred to Mr. Most's interests and concerns, as well as your own, about the future of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and the effect of the possible decommisioning of the facility on the community.
A response is under preparation and will be forwarded to you shortly.
Sincerely, LA ART Richard L. Bangart, Director Office of State Programs
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Forked River, NJ 09731
'I Dear Senator Connors and Assemblymen Moran and Connors:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 19,1998 to Mr. David Most with a carbon copy to NRC Commissioner Shirley Ann Jackson. Your letter referred to Mr. Most's interests and concerns, as well as your own, about the future of the Oyster Creek Nuclear i
Generating Station, and the effect of the possible decommisioning of the facility on the community.
A response is under preparation and will be forwarded to you shortly.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY 9TH DISTRICT LE018LAT3vs OFFICzs JEFFREY W. MORAN LEONARD T. CONNORS, JR.
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Dear Mr. Most:
This brief note is to acknowledge a copy of your recent letter to Governor Christine Todd i
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Generating Station, the impact on your career and the effect of the possible decommissioning o S g 4.
this facility on your community. We completely share these and many other profound concerns, i
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That is why we have pushed so hard for legislation to establish a Task Force for the gg eg decoinmissioning of this Nuclear Generating Station to develop long-term strategies to address j
the socioeconomic and environmental issues surrounding this facility.
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- As you know, the overall oversight of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station rests.
Lwithin the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC has the responsibility to oversee
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' in looking into your concems as they pertain to the NRC. hv cony of thle reniv. we are Q
forwarding a copy of your lette~ to NRC Commi<=l== Shirlev Ann.1=ch===
This convev=== fm - - HV reamste Commicainner Jackean to thorouchly review the issues you n
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- In the' area of state responsibility, you may rest assured that many efforts are underway to establish a deregulation process for the electric industn that both reflects the changing L
marketplace for electricity, as well as the needs of consumers, based upon federal laws and c c
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decisions. You will also be encouraged to know that Lacey Township's state funding,:a lieu of property taxes for this facility, has been safeguarded by recent changes in state law.
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.'what steps are underway here for electric deregulation, etc., by copy of this renly. we are f
sendine a copv of your letter to Office of Lenishtive Services Director Glenn E. Moore. IIL
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August 19,1998 Mr. David Most Page 2 Thank you, once again, for yt _ y oactive efforts as a concerned citizen and employee of
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Oyster Creek. We welcome this opportunity to work with you to obtain the latest available
- information on this evolving issue of concem to each and every citizen of our state.
Please note, we will keep you apprised as findings are received from the NRC and OLS.
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Mr. Dave Most 240 Juntper Lane Forked River, NJ 0873:
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Governor Christine Todd Whitman 125 West State SL P.O. Box 00t Trenton, NJ 08625 Oear Govemor Whitman:
I am writing this letterin regard to the closure of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, with hope that you wsII visit our plant and realize the impact it will have on the state of New Jersey if Oyster Creek shuts down. Oyster Creek provides good employment opportunities ibt fulltime and contractor personnel.
Oyster Creek employee's borster Ocean County with millions of dollars in rewnue. The employees of Oyster Creek
- play an integral part in their communities as leaders and volunteers. Oyster Creek it a viable clean source of
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energy. The cepacsty factor is high, and recently received a high INPO rating.
Recently, at Oyster Creek we have had several generation emergency alerts, which require us to reduce any work
' that would shut the plant down because of the large load demand. The problem of generation supply shortages are not unique to New Jersey. The Midwest and New England states too are short of generation and elecinc customers are bemg held hostage to inflated eledricalcosts when load demands are at their peak. Generator owners in the past were required to have a reserve for peak loads, this is no longer the case wrth deregulation Our current administration has fared to address the Nuclear Base load issue. This is going to cause a domino effect for ear 1y plant closures, in tum causing a supply and demand issue. This could create brown outs and possibly black outs. Who will pay 16r these early-retired plants o decommission?
It seems apparent to me, as we erode our base load generation we also will have to increase production of our conventional plants such as coal and gas plants. Our energy program needs serious attention by ourgovemment Current ly thare are no plans to build any nuclear base load plants in the United States. What generator owner would be so boldin tnis indecisive environment? The issue o am refernng tois the irresponsibility of the _
government to ful6ft its O(ligation to store the spent fuel. Also, the govemment has failod to recognize the beneht of a nuclear program to our environment. It is my opinion that nuclear plants competing against conventional plants ^
are a grave mistake because safety is always paramountin a nuclearprogram. I am not advocating we let Nuclear plants run on a free leash when it comes ta cost, I am saying lets implement a fair playing Held.
Just imagine when competition becomes fierce this will result in some kind of cut backs. Where wtII the cut backs be? Could the competitionjeopardize the safety of the nuclear program?
As a proud republican I feelit is my duty to inform you of these issues so you can ensure the State of New Jersey has a well thought out strategy in respect to a deregulation plan that makes sense. Which willprovide reliable safe and clean power to all, even the impoverished that reside in New Jersey.
~ In addition what will happen to t.acey Townships revenue from the state when Oyster Creek retures early and no longeris stigmatized of housing a nuclear plant?
Do you think that our neighbonng towns and county's will sit back and let Larry Township receive that money when the fuel no longer sits in Forked River?
'Govemor. my fellow workers are :or amed about their future at Oyster Creek and n ned to know of New Jersey can afford to loose another base load plant Soncerely yours.
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