ML20198Q709
| ML20198Q709 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/10/1997 |
| From: | Dodd C, Gejdenson S, Lieberman J HOUSE OF REP., SENATE |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 9711130022 | |
| Download: ML20198Q709 (1) | |
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October 10,'1997, The Honorable Shirley Jackson Chair Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Chairwoman Jackson:
As you know, we have recently learned that soil from the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant was transported offsite and.used as fill in construction at local residences, including a
. site used as a day-care center.
We understand that you are working with the Cpnnecticut of Environmental Protection and the Oak Ridge National Department Laboratories to test materials found to have been removed from the-site and to identify additional areas where the fill may have been taken.
We urge you to place top priority on these tasks, and to call on any other federal agehcies whose health and safety expert.ise might be useful.
At the same time, we are deeply concerned about.how this fill could have left the Connecticut Yankee site in the first place.
John White, the chief of radiation safety in the NRC's northeast region, has been quoted in newspaper reports as saying that material leaving the Connecticut Yankee site should have been tested and proven clean before it was released, but that Northeast Utilities has been unable to document that such testing occurred.
We are requesting that you investigate how this situation could have happened and whether current procedures at the NRC prevent a similar occurrence today.
Please report back to us within-14 days.
Thank you for your continuing attention to the problems associated with our nuclear power plants in Connecticut.
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