ML19224C138
| ML19224C138 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/27/1979 |
| From: | PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
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| OLE-790427, NUDOCS 7906290111 | |
| Download: ML19224C138 (7) | |
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Department of Environmental Resources Bureau of Water Quality Management - TMI Emergency Water Quality Monitoring - L. Bercheni (787-4317) (717-432-5658)
EPA - Water Supply - T. Merski (787-9625) (717-657-0289)
Water Coordinator - J. Pollard (702-736-2969, Ext. 327) i' USGS - J. Ritter (782-3423) (717-766-2965)
D. Perkins (782-3421) (717-761-5024)
D. Bingham (782-3782) (717-737-2994)
Regional Coordination - L. Bercheni (787-4317) (717-432-5658)
Stream Quality - Joe Smurda (787-9637) (717-232-5951)
TMI Monitoring and Other Industrial Wastes - E. Giovannitti/K. Walizer (787-8184) (717-657-0031)
Water Supply - E. Giovannitti(787-8184) (412-341-3580)
Evacuation Centers - C. Westlund (787-9637) (717-432-37"2) 1.
E. Shuster (7 87-9637) (717-774-230',)
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Clean Up - V. Bartashus (783-1820) (717-766-1234) r J. Lawson (783-1820) (717-652-1285) i Support (Lab, Transportation, Supplies) - F. Kefford (787-4669) (717-238-4288) 3.
Sewage Treatment Plants - B. Garg (787-3481) (717-652-7691)
Mapping, Information, and Reports - Karl Sheaffer (787-9614) (717-589-3839)
Public Relations - D. Milne (783-1942) (717-432-4669) 256 149 7* 62o 4
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a DER - EPA - USGS COOPER ATIVE W ATER QU ALITY PROGR AM TMI STATUS REPORT - FRIDAY, APRIL 27,1979 1.
Strcam Samples (a)
River sampics have been coUceted since 3/29/79.
(b)
River has been sampled at 4 locations daily wiQ two samples being composited -all results less than minimum detectable activity.
On 4/11/79 dropped to 3 locations (Brunner Island; Lancas ter Water I
Treatment Plant Intake; City Island). On 4/10/79 we dropped the City Island upstream sample to once a week. Starting 4/24/79, the Brunner Island sample will be sent to Las Vegas for analysis down to 10 picoeuries/ liter. The other two samples are being analyzed down to 75 picoeuries/ liter.
(c)
USGS started on 4/6/79 doing cross-section composite sampling at 4 locations -Harrisburg, Haldeman Riffle, Marietta and Conowingo.
One location, Haldeman, will be done twice a week, three once a week.
Analysis will be done by USGS Denver.
Results of first 8 samples (2 samples at 4 locations) show no Iodine 131 and no Tritium down to 200 picoeuries/ liter (minimum detection level of instrument).
(d)
Fish sampling was done the week of April 16,1979 by the Fish Commission and DER. The results are negative. Shellfish sampling will be done by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and UER when river level drops sufficiently.
(e)
Maryland is doing daily composite at Holtwood and Conowingo.
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Water Supply Samples (a) 16 surface water supplies within 20 mile radius sampled on Monday, 4 /2/7 9 '111 results less than minimum detectable activity.
(b) 57 public ground and surface supplies within 20 mile radius sampled on Tuesday, 4/3/79 - all results are negative.
(c) 11 trailer parks within 20 mile radius sampled on Tuesday, 4/3/79 - those results are negative.
(d) 39 public water surface supplies at potential evacuation centers within 50 mile radius have been sampled. Results are negative.
(e)
EPA has, since 4/6/79, been sampling composite finished water at Lancaster, Columbia and Wrightsville.
Results for 4/6 and 4/7/79 are negative. This effort was stopped on 4/10/79. Results were negative.
i (f)
Collection of samples from private home wells in the area was discussed.
Decided that this is not necessary.
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(g)
All drinking water on Tall is bottled (Diamond Pure Bottling Company). No need to sample this.
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Waste Discharge Samples (a)
Waste discharge samples from T511 have been collected daily except 4/G/79, since 4/4/79 - week of 4/18/79 sampling was done once.
Daily sampling will continue through 5/4/79 - being analyzed by EPA gamma sean in Ilarrisburg. Twice a week sampling anticipated thereafter. We found 5 unexpected points of discharge.
Daily sampling of discharges and continuous samples - results through 4/8/79 are negative - all results showed no detectable activity at one half of the maximum permissible concentration. The Fish Commission assisted in the early part of this sampling effort.
(b)
Continuous sampler in operation sinec 4/3/79 on Outfa'd N o. 0 01. Wi:1 be switched to Oiitfal! No. 005 after the sodium iodide detector is fully 4
operational.
(c)
EPA is making flow through sodium iodide detector available to us to use on the most important T311 discharge Outfall No. 001.
A monitoring building was constructed on 4/18/79.
Detector placed in operation on 4/25/79 and is being calibrated by EPA.
i 4.
On-site inspections (twice a week) started week of 4/23/79. We sample storm water pond, industrial waste sump and one sewage tank at random.
Results through 4/11/79 have been comparable or lower than Slet Ed's.
5.
Dye or turbidity drop will not be done - infra-red aerial photos not useable. ~
6.
Sewage disposal being monitored on-site and off-site. Data comparison checks.
All DER samples negative. One T311 holding tank has some contamination.
7.
Samples being analyzed by EPA and DER at Harrisburg; by EPA at 31ontgomery, Alabama and Las Vegas, Nevada; and by USGS at Denver.
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s Ff DERAL SUFPORT !:CECS Depa rte.ent of Envi ror. cntal Resources To date, the Departrent of Environctntal Fesctrces has ir. curred the folicwing expenses over and above norrally budgeted activ; ties in dealing witn the Three Mile Island accident:
Personnel Cos ts (Overtire) 5 17,260 Corrani ca tions 3,075 Hiscel1anccus Costs 6.617 Total
$ 26,952 Federal funds should be requested to reirturse the Cepartrent fcr those ccs ts.
In order to ranitor the cold shutdcwn and decentaminatien at Petropolitan Edison's Three Mlle !sland nuclear plant, ccnduct follow-up envircn ental irpact s tudies of the accident and igrave ronitoring at other nuclear power plants in Pennsylvenia, the Cecartrent of Envircn ental Fescurces needs the assistance frcm the federal gesernrent that is surrarized in this docurrent. This request assures that the Nuclear Fegulatory Cc. mission will centinue to provice the necessary level of cn-site sucervision over the cold shutdcwn and deccntamination operations to prevent actions by the licensee that e.ight adversely irpact on the envircncent and the state's citizens. It also assures tnat we will receive the support requested from the Department of Energy and U.S. EPA in the cttached letters.
For the next year, we need the follcwing Federal agency support:
h or epa TLD program EPA air sampling program within 3 miles in all direction; 5 ith filter, charccal wi th TEDA around TMI 00E Atrospneric Felease Advisory Capacity fcr Tr'!
AFy.5 aircraf t continually available until cold shutdcwn and on call for emergency plume evaluation anc tracking during cecentacination j
Ccntinued dediccted tele:none line to f;Pi IancE trailer f35-free radiatien calibration service A study of feasibility in using A~ TAC (LRL) at all nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania.
(W for the next year, we need the follcwing Federal parsonnel assigned to wort under the direction of the Cesartnent of Environmental Resources:
1 Experienced nuclear engineer for site liaisen with !;RC and TMI operations 1
Chemist-Spectroscopist - for parra sp;ctrereter systems 2
Radiological Chemists - for radioactivity separaticns and analyses 2
Laboratory Technicians F
Environmental Technical Field personnel - for collection of envf roncental samles and field equipment raintenance 1
Environnental Health Physicist te collate data and prepare routine environrental radiaticn reports 1
Statistician to assist in data evaluation & report writing i
Progranner (60 days)
Interface USGS data on stream stage and 1
Systems Analyst (60 days) mnitoring data to assess water quality i@ acts of discharges 1
Clerk Typist to support health physicist & statistician in report preparation The following equipment and supplies are needed to enable us to adecuately monitor the decontamination of the Three Mile Island plant and ronitor other nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania:
1 State of the art gamma spectrometer with data acquisition and corputer with Ge-ti detectors (h.15t), shielding, data storage (disk), storage dewar(s) 1 Radiaticn Monitoring Van with radio communications and automatic iodine and particulate monitors 6
Portable high-volure air samlers for radiciodine and particulates with q c' L 1 ~ portable generators; cannisters for collection media and a good supply of (_,J U i silver zeolite and TEDA-doped activated charcoal 4 Field vehicles equipped with four-wheel drive and radio cormunications 1 State of the art low background alpha-beta laboratory counting system with automatic sample changer i
4/16/79 FEDEPAL SL'PPORT fiEEDS C'epartrent of Envircnrental Fescurces (Con't) 10 Portable two-channel analyzers for field emergency air sa ple analyses 50 Pecording prescrized ion cna-ters to perforn routine gama field reasurenents with tele etry 1 Liquid scintiliation spectrometer for tritium and other beta analyses 1 Alpha spectrometry system A gecd surply of mrinelli beakers in assorted sizes for Na! and Ge-Li datectcrs 3 Base radio stations 10 Walkie-talkies for comunicatiens between field men and vehicles 1 Teleccpier (unattended) Nedas drcp at the Bureau of Radiation Protection Of fice in Harris
- urg and each reactor control room Dedicated phone line sjs tem to each reactor :cntrol rcom and fuel fabricator between the Eureau of Radiation Protection Office in Harrisburg and 13 facilities Walk-in refrigerator Calibration facility with suppo,-t of NSS 1
" Fiddler" survey ins trurent I? " ' ir"/-I Survey meten 10 hif-centained breathing devices L'ninterructible pcwer supply for lab instrurents 7 Voltage regulatcrs for lab instrv ents 3 Germanium-Lithium Detectors with gamma spectrometer to monitor water l discharges at plant sites Hcusing at the three power statior.s for the monitoring equipment I (cooling & heating for building to maintain 60-80 degree terperatures) Succort ecuicrent for three monitorino stations 3 Pumps - 1 GFM - high head (suurersible well pump) 6 Pedom units (cne for each end of telephene lines) 3 Analog - digital data connectors (1 per site) 3 Readcr-printec (1 per line - all in Harrisburg) 3 Miscellaneous connection devices ea.h line (1 each site) Rental of phone lines & miscellanecus equiptrent or satellite data transmission capability for each of the three monitoring stations 3 9 iS3 L -em m -,
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- Thii is to let you I:noii ho" mu-h ";c.' preci.'.tc ti c cutst.,ndin'! cssistance thr.1 memlicrn of :'cour r.teff have Provi:!cd to the Departn: cut enti the f.omr.1er. wealth in connection with ' cater trJrlity iro :itorin:: c::r.rcirt ;d v ith the T7!! hicident.
We arc deeply grnteful tc you end to th"ni for their hard ' crk and dediention to duty. Other rac:teier ;tich as UEGS,.;j:r 3,,,1 the Pennn' Ivania Fish Comtnission clso have providnti it. pcrt::: t vs.irt ince. l I enclose for your information the Intest on ' ate rcrarding watcr quality It r:ow concars es if water qi'nlity monitr. ring efforts will have to be continued at a signifiennt IcVel. The perrcs,' ca this of fort nll be tr. assure complicnce by T.".11 viith fecer,1 and state renuireme'its, to protect dc'cinstream water users includin.g the Cities of Lnricaster. Colurnt'in. Wriahtsville nnr1 ihltiinore as wcll es the Chesnocake H:'y. 'lhis cifort v!ill have to be continued <!uring the cicenup phase which shoulrl. ~. n r urnmtem, last throaRh the co oinr stx montn:;. 'fhis momtcrinrr protocol includin sni.mle collection, ennivsis, dnta tabulation and trensmission shculd 'regtiIrc about 5 peonic in er:dition to ciir resottrecs. We tirvently request that you continue to provitic i;s 'enth this assistnnec. Sincercly yours, CLIFFOltD L. JONES Enclosure $ $. I Secre tary 1 y CLJ:WDM:WAL:dlw File / cc: 30-da Fi gw 756 154 ( (okn i
s. 4 ~ St,G5LS T L D L LTilh fdk G'i P..i o . S I'... AIL:lt Tne lonorable Ja..es schlesinger Sec re ta ry Uni ted S ta tes Dess rti a.*nt o f. n tr v Washington, D.C. 20AS Dea r Secretary :. coles i.:ger-I wisn to ;.crsonally t an, you and t'i mer._ e rs o f the Lec.ar twn t o f Erierqy's Radia tion L urgency :'.asponse J eans for tbc invaluable I assistance they provided us during the Three t'ile Island accident. Tnei r servey *.c urs. incio :ing toe AutS ai rcra f t, provir ed us r wi tn ir.wdia te infor:ation concerning radiation euissions f rom the { re a c to r. I 10uld also like to v.trify the r;qanst inade to :4r. Joe Ueal, vuur survey tearn leader, that tue.epartrant of Energy provide us with an aNated evaluation of tu radiation exuosuras received av tne popula tior, of contral Pennsyl vania. Again. rty personal thanks for the n ststandin<j ef fort. '.intor lv /oters J'l L A I dJ d.4.f f!(. i sw Wa N'<<v.y L,% A g v p 4'A s s y ~ Til y 256 155 [ i. - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +}}