By Dyke Hendrickson
Staff Writer
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NEWBURYPORT — The City Council will meet today at 7:30 p.m., and among the items on the agenda is a "resolution on Seabrook Station relicensing."
Three councilors have submitted the resolution: Edward Cameron, Barry Connell and Kathleen O'Connor Ives.
The measure reads, "Be is resolved that the Newburyport City Council request the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take the following steps:
Immediately halt all relicensing activities related to Seabrook Station;
Conduct peer-reviewed studies of the reactor's ability to withstand seismic activities with compromised structural concrete, and publicly report the results of these studies;
Fully investigate the causes of the unabated groundwater infiltration and resulting concrete degradation, and publicly report the results of such investigation."
The resolution makes other requests, though it is not clear that the council will act on the measure.
Also on the agenda are committee reports relating to a tree ordinance, proposed rezoning on Storey Avenue, street lighting recommendations and a measure relating to wetlands protection.
