ML092750625

G20090534/LTR-09-0459/EDATS: SECY-2009-0422- Senator Joseph T. Lieberman Letter Release of Radionuclides by Millstone Power Station

ML092750625
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	10/22/2009
From:	Borchardt R NRC/EDO
To:	Ledoux K, Lieberman J US SEN (Senate)
Sanders, C J, NRR/DORL/LPL1-2, 415-1603
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ML092750620	List: ML092750625
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G20090534, LTR-09-0459, SECY-2009-0422, TAC ME2265, TAC ME2266, FOIA/PA-2011-0115
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 22, 2009 The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman United States Senate Attention: Krystn Ledoux One Constitution Plaza, Seventh Floor Hartford, CT 06103

Dear Senator Lieberman:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your August 17, 2009, letter in which you requested information sought by your constituent, Ms. Nancy Burton, regarding scheduled releases of radionuclides by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. at Millstone Power Station (Millstone) on July 8 and July 26, 2009.

The information Ms. Burton referenced in her email is required by Connecticut state law.

Connecticut state law requires licensees, including Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., to provide information on routine and continuous releases on the licensee's Web site. Connecticut state law specifically requires, "dates, times, and fissile materials" of the release, be included on the Web site.

Based on Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.'s release estimates, available on their public Web site, the 2009 releases at Millstone are calculated to be a fraction (less than 1 percent) of the NRC's dose limits for members of the public. As a result, there is no indication that the 2009 radioactive releases are a danger to public health.

Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the NRC set requirements on the release of radioactive material. The NRC has reporting requirements if these limits are exceeded.

Because the July 8 and JUly 26, 2009, scheduled releases did not exceed allowable levels, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. is not required to submit reports on those releases; however, NRC regulations do require the company to report the aggregate of all releases in an annual report. This annual report contains the quantity of curies, by radionuculide, for each type of release (i.e., mixed batch, mixed continuous, elevated batch) for each quarter. The releases for 2008 are available in a report dated April 30, 2009, (Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession No. ML0913302400). Information on the releases discussed in your letter will be included in the 2009 annual report, which Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

must submit on or before May 1, 2010.

I want to assure you that the continued safety and security of Millstone are of the utmost importance to the NRC. The NRC maintains three resident inspectors at the Millstone site to provide continuous oversight of day-to-day operations. The NRC also performs inspections every 2 years on gaseous and liquid effluent processing systems to ensure that planned radiological discharges are properly controlled, monitored, and evaluated.

J. Lieberman -2 The NRC continues to monitor and inspect Millstone's effluent release program to ensure compliance with NRC requirements.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely, R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations Docket Nos: 50-336 and 50-423 cc: Listserv

J. Lieberman -2 The NRC continues to monitor and inspect Millstone's effluent release program to ensure compliance with NRC requirements.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Sincerely, IRA!

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