ML061000412

E-mail from D. Leach of Entergy to J. White of USNRC, Regarding Update to Webpage

ML061000412
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	11/30/2005
From:	Leach D Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Jason White Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
FOIA/PA-2006-0081
Download: ML061000412 (2)

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John White- RE:Updatetowebpage PfageD1 From: "Leach, Don" <DLeach~entergy.com>

To: "'John White"' <JRWI @nrc.gov>

Date: 11/30/05 8:04AM

Subject:

RE: Update to webpage John, ycur text reads well and accurate. I would add that MW-30 is less than 5 feet from the SFP wall that is leaking.

Don

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Original Message-From: John White @nrc.gov

Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:56 AM To: Leach, Don Cc: Brian Holian; Brian McDermott; Marsha Gamberoni

Subject:

Update to webpage We want to provide to stakeholders before the Thursday call. Please review for accuracy...thanks, John On-going Activities; 11/29/2005 Unit 2 SDent Fuel Pool: Entergy has completed visual examination and video taping of about 50% of the spent fuel pool liner surface in an effort to identify locations of potential leakage. This represents all the surfaces that can be accessed with the currently available video camera equipment. Stored spent fuel in portions of the pool prevent full examination with currently available video equipment. Accordingly, Entergy has informed the NRC that it is investigating the use of other video equipment to affect more complete examination of the pool liner. Divers physically examined three locations of interest with a vacuum box to determine if leakage was present, however, in each case, leakage was not positively detected. Notwithstanding, Entergy is examining methods to apply an underwater coating to these location; to assure these areas of interest remain leak-tight.

The leak rate from the previously identified cracks in the spent fuel pool concrete wall is currently about 10 to 25 milliliters per day. Previously, leakage was measured to be about 1000 to 1500 milliliters per day.

Entergy is investigating the cause of the decreased leak rate.

Monitoring Wells: Entergy has completed drilling of one of nine wells currently planned in its initial effort to characterize groundwater flow and the on-site tritium contamination. Tritium concentration in this well (MW-30, located in the Unit 2 Fuel Handling Building, in the excavated area adjacent to the the Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool) ranged as high as 6 E-4 uCi/ml. For comparison, the EPA Drinking Water standard for tritium iE20000 pCiL, i.e., 2 E-5 uCi/mI.

Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool Conditions: Entergy is continuing efforts to monitor and investigate the leakage from the Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool system. Entergy reports that the information gathered to-date from water inventory balance activities and tritium measurements continue to indicate that the Unit 1 curtain drain and sphere foundation sump systems effectively capture the leakage from the Unit 1 spent fuel pool systems.

Currently, Entergy is investigating data that suggests that more tritium activity, than has been attributed to Unit 1 spent fuel pool system leakage, is being captured within the Unit 1 drain system. Notwithstanding the inve tigation of the data, all leakage from the Unit 1 drain system continues to be processed and released as a monitored liquid effluent discharge in accordance with NRC regulatory requirements; and radiolog cal effluent discharges continue to be a faction of NRC regulatory limits.

John R. White Chief, Plant Support Branch 2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I

John White -RE: Update to webpage Page 2 475 Allaidale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office: 610-337-5114 Fax: E1 0-337-6928 Cell: 484-919-2206 Email: jwl @nrc.gov CC: Brian Holian <BEH~nrc.gov>, Brian McDermott <BJM@nrc.gov>, Marsha Gamberoni

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