ML101930460
| ML101930460 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Salem, Oconee, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Kewaunee, Catawba, Saint Lucie, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Ginna, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Quad Cities, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, Washington Public Power Supply System  |
| Issue date: | 03/25/2010 |
| From: | - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Information Services |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2010-0209, FOIA/PA-2011-0115 | |
| Download: ML101930460 (2) | |
Text
Scott, 25-Mar-10
Subject:
List of Historical Leaks and Spills At U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants This is a list of plants that have had a leak or spill to the environment at some time since initial startup. The list only includes those spills or leaks where the tritium in the leak source or the tritium in the groundwater sample was greater than 20,000 pCi/I. It does not contain routine releases.
The concentrations listed are approximate historical maximums, and some numbers have been rounded off for clarity. Although there may be some data in the historical records showing concentrations slightly different than the values listed, the values shown provide a reasonable perspective of the historical leaks. The numbers listed are fo.r on-site sample points, and none of these results are from drinking water wells. As a result, a value of 20,000 pCi/I in this list does not mean it exceeded EPAs safe drinking water standard.
Many of these leaks or spills occurred many years ago, and this list does not reflect the current (2010) status of these plants. We are gathering the current information, but that will take some additional time, and you wanted this data today. Some plants are listed as >20,000 pCi/I because that is the best data available at this time. We will be able to find the exact values later; I just don't have them today. Similarly, some dates are blank because that information has not been fully researched yet.
Plant Approximate Approx Date Historical Maximum Concentration pCi/I 1
Braidwood 247,000 1998 2
Brunswick 1,300,000 2007 3
Callaway 29,000 4
Catawba 30,600 2005 5
Columbia
>20,000 2006 6
Davis-Besse 24,000 1990 7
Dresden 3,200,000 2004 8
Fitzpatrick, J. A.
>20,000 1991 9
FortCalhoun 110,000 2007 0
Ginna R.E.
20,000 11 Hatch, Edwin, I.
>20,000 1986 12 Indian Point 600,000 2005 13 Kewaunee
>20,000 2006 14 Millstone 34,000 15 Monticello 21,300 2009 16 Oconee 34,500 2010 17 Oyster Creek 6,000,000 2009 18 Palisades 34,600 19 Palo Verde 4,200,000 1993 20 Peach Bottom 123,000 21 Perry 59,900 "
2006 22 Quad Cities 3,000,000 2008 23 River Bend 28,000 2008 24 Salem 15,000,000 2002
25 Seabrook 750,000 1999 26 St. Lucie 161,000 2000 27 Surry 31,900 2007 28 Susquehanna
>20,000 1995 29 Turkey Point
>20,000 1979 30 Vermont Yankee 2,500,000 2010 31 Vogtle
>20,000 1990s 32 Waterford
>20,000 1997 33 Watts Bar 397,600 2005