{news} Blumenthal Meets With Anti-nuke Coalition

[David Bedell]

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Blumenthal Meets With Anti-nuke Coalition
AG says he must consult with  DEP before taking action

By PATRICIA DADDONA
Day Staff Writer, Waterford
Published on 12/8/2005

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and his staff met Wednesday with an 
anti-nuclear group about the group's concerns that Millstone Power Station 
is the source of high levels of radioactivity in Waterford.

Last month, Gov. M. Jodi Rell asked the state Department of Environmental 
Protection to analyze data obtained by the Connecticut Coalition Against 
Millstone which the group believes confirms unhealthy levels of the 
radioactive isotope Strontium 90 at 120 Dayton Road. The reactor's owners 
have routinely tested goat's milk at the former farm there.

Nancy Burton, the coalition leader, said she discussed legal strategies and 
a high incidence of cancer in the community with Blumenthal Wednesday, and 
asked him to sue Dominion Resources, the Millstone owner.

Blumenthal would not comment on the substance of the private meeting and 
said he took no action, but has referred some material to the state 
Department of Public Health and DEP. DEP's analysis is not finished yet, a 
spokesman said.

“They presented some very informative data, views, opinions and insights 
about Millstone and potential contamination from Strontium 90,” Blumenthal 
said. “We cannot commit to a lawsuit without discussion of the issues with 
DEP. We will make a decision when we have all the facts, including more 
information from this group.”

Pete Hyde, spokesman for Dominion, said the company had no comment.


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