ML062280494
| ML062280494 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 08/09/2006 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-II |
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| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2010-0209 | |
| Download: ML062280494 (11) | |
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NRC Public Meeting Southern Nuclear Operating Company Plant Hatch Tritium Update August 9, 2006
Objectives
- no threat to public health and safety
- all releases are below regulatory limits
- Provide overview of tritium at Plant Hatch
- Review all actions undertaken by SNC
Overview at Plant Hatch
- Historical Reporting and Monitoring
- Regulatory event reporting since 1978
- Public awareness and NRC interactions
- Recent Events
- Identification of new release points
- Corrective Actions
- Stopped known on-site releases to groundwater
- Permitted most recently identified release points
- Established ongoing and enhanced monitoring
Environmental Program Overview
- Historical monitoring
- Discovery of un-permitted releases
- Communications
- Southern Nuclears corrective actions
- Monitoring program going forward
Historical Monitoring
- Onsite
- Drinking water wells
- Groundwater monitoring wells
- Offsite
- Monitoring water samples from Altamaha River
- Site Hydrology
Recent Events
- On-site
- Historical releases & sources
- No known current sources
- Off-site
- Reclassification of release points
Communications
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Georgia Environmental Protection Division
- Local officials
- Nuclear Energy Institute
Corrective Actions
- Stopped known on-site releases to groundwater
- Permitted most recently identified release points
- Enlisted a consultant to perform a hydrology study
- Enlisted an engineering firm to study underground piping
- Increased and enhanced sampling and inspection program at plant
- Other measures
Action Steps Going Forward
- Implementation of industry groundwater protection plan
- Continue to examine site hydrology
- Evaluate locations for additional monitoring wells
- Refine groundwater monitoring protocols
- Expansion of preventative maintenance programs
Summary
- All known releases are permitted and monitored
- All releases below regulatory limits
- No offsite groundwater migration of tritium
- No threat to public health & safety