ML051020029

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Letter in Response to a Telephone Conversation Concerning Ground Water Contamination from Chemicals on the Denver Federal Center
ML051020029
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Site: U.S. Geological Survey
Issue date: 03/24/2005
From: Timothy Debey
US Dept of Interior, Geological Survey (USGS)
To: Alexander Adams
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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=iA U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Box 25046 M.S. f7 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 IN REPLY REFER TO:

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Alexander Adams Mail Stop 0-12 G-13 Washington DC 20555 Gentlemen:

This letter is in response to our telephone conversation earlier today concerning ground water contamination from chemicals on the Denver Federal Center. I am submitting herein the following table of analytical results from ground water samples taken near the reactor facility.

The sampling well is located downstream of the reactor tank. Only one sample (6/4/02) has a result slightly greater (40 pCi/1) than the MDAILLD and we believe that result is an aberration that does not reflect the actual non-detectable tritium concentration in the water. In comparison, the 10 CFR 20, Appendix B Table 2, Col 2 value for tritium in water effluent is 0.001 pCilml or 1,000,000 pCi/I.

The well water is only analyzed for tritium because that is the only significant reactor-produced radionuclide that is in the reactor tank water. The tritium concentration in the reactor tank water is normally about 100,000 pCi/l while the gross alpha/beta concentration is <25 pCi/i. Normal potable water in the Denver area contains a gross alpha/beta concentration of- 10 pCi/l. Since the tritium is also "water soluble", it provides the most sensitive indicator of possible reactor leakage into ground water.

Sincerely, R o SeBey Reactor Supervisor I declare6 under'penalty Or perjuiry that the foregoing is true and correct.

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USGS Well water Samples 12-1996 thru 12-2004 Sample Date Result pCi/I MDA / LLD pCi/l 12/611996 20'22" 121+315 520 6/3/1997 22' 8" 95 + 265 440 12/1/1997 20'S5" 152 + 226 370 6/911998 21'5" 3 180 300 12/1/1998 21' 0O' 0+225 380 611/1999 21' 2" 64+ 219 360 12/1/1999 20' 10" 64+220 400 6/112000 21' 5" 51+ 230 400 12/6/2000 20'7 118+ 240 400 6/5/2001 21 ' 3" 20+ 100 180 12/11/2001 20' 3" 0+100 190 6/4/2002 22' 5" 540+ 500 500 12/4/2002 25' 0" 0+ 450 450 717/2003 22' 10" 0+ 470 490 11/10/2003 22'5" 150+ 450 440 8/13/2004 24' 9" 40+ 310 310 12/15/2004 20' 0" 184+ 165 288