[NukeNet] Berkeley Township resolution on sabotage and low level radiation

[Edith]

Berkeley Township’s resolution below is in response to Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch. It addresses the danger of chronic low level radiation and the vulnerability of Oyster Creek to to terrorism. 
 
 The Berkeley township Environmental Commission was  the first   in NJ  to call for the shutdown of
Creek. 
Edith Gbur, Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch  
732-240-5107 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ………………. IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION’S APPEAL FOR AN ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD HEARING IN REGARD TO SAFETY ISSUES, INCLUDING HE NECESSITY OF COOLING TOWERS AND THE VULNERABILITY OF THE SPENT FUEL STORAGE POOL AT THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION.

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	WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been denied a hearing regarding its concern for three issues at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OC); and
	WHEREAS, those three issues are the plant’s vulnerability to aircraft attack, metal fatigue in nuclear reactor components, and backup power to shut down the plant safely during a blackout; and
	WHEREAS, the DEP has further required the installation of cooling towers to prevent loss of aquatic life resulting from the present cooling system; and
	WHEREAS, the DEP has relied upon a study by the National Academy of Sciences, commissioned by Congress, that nuclear plants with the same design as the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station are vulnerable to terrorist attach; and
	WHEREAS, OC has been publishing advertisements regarding the amount and cost of the electricity it supplies; and
	WHEREAS, OC has been supplying less that one (1%) percent of electricity to the electric grid that New Jersey is a part of; and
	WHEREAS, BPU Commissioner Jeanne Fox has stated that she is confident the state’s energy needs can be met without Oyster Creek; and
	WHEREAS, the Township Council believes that no amount of low level radiation, including the chronic low level radioactive releases emitted by OC are safe; and
	WHEREAS, the Township Council believes it is possible that a fuel pool fire could result in the creation and transportation of radioactivity into the local environment in Ocean County; and
	WHEREAS, OC generates tons of radioactive waste that will remain a threat to the environment for thousands of years during which time, the consumer will be paying to protect the public from a catastrophe, making it the most expensive source of energy on the planet; and
	WHEREAS, Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch believes that the public involvement in the DEP’s request for a hearing and appeal of the NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decision denying a hearing is crucial; and
	WHEREAS, the Township Council supports the DEP’s appeal of the denial of a hearing and urges the NRC to conduct a hearing regarding issues raised by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection;
	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Township Council of the Township of …………………….., in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, hereby supports the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in its appeal of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hearing on the safety issues and urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct the hearing as requested; and be it further
	RESOLVED that a certified copy of the within Resolution be forwarded by the Township Clerk to the following:

1. Mayor and Council Members
2. Township Clerk
3. Township Attorney
4. Ocean County Board of Freeholders
5. Municipal Clerks of all of the adjacent Municipalities
6. Governor Jon Corzine
7. Congressman H. James Saxton
8. Senator Robert Menendez
9. Senator Frank Lautenberg
10. President George W. Bush
11. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
12. AmerGen - Oyster Creek Generating Station
       Route 9, Forked River, NJ 08731

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