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NRC NEWS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION I 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406

No. I-00-05

January 18, 2000

NRC to Provide Results of Oyster Creek Radiological Review

On Tuesday, January 25, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will present the results of its review of the radiological condition of land adjacent to the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant that the facility's current owner, GPU Nuclear Corp., plans to sell. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in Administration Building cafeteria at the plant, which is located on Route 9 in Lacey Township, N.J.

The meeting will be open to the public for observation. NRC staff members will be available afterward to answer questions.

GPU Nuclear intends to sell about 600 acres of the 755-acre site. The transaction would reduce the current site boundary around the plant to enclose only about 150 acres of land.

The NRC staff has been evaluating the proposed sale to determine if there are any issues that have the potential to adversely affect public health and safety, impact the environment or compromise the continued safe operation of Oyster Creek. As part of that review, NRC staff conducted an on-site confirmatory survey and inspection from November 15 to 18 to verify and validate GPU Nuclear's assessment of the radiological condition of the land involved in the sale. At the meeting on January 25, the findings from those assessments will be provided.

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