ML19332B177
| ML19332B177 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 07/09/1980 |
| From: | Walker R HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8009260205 | |
| Download: ML19332B177 (2) | |
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19 80 Mr. Carlton Kammerer, Director Office of Cong. Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Said that WDN' said there is ' races of the gas being found in the soil around the area. Will be in all the foods w eat. Wants the Congressman to do something. 'Ihinks you have been lax in this, h
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- o The Honorable Robert S. Walker United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congressman Walker:
I am writing in response to your note of July 9,1980, to Mr. Carlton Ka:rierer regarding the telephone call of July 2,1960, fron your constituent, Mr. helson Ginder.
Mr. Ginder's call was in reference to the purging of Kr-85 frem tHe Unit 2 con-tainment building at Three Mile Island. Mr. Ginder referenced station WDAC as the scurce of a repcrt of krypton being found in the soil around the area, and that krypton would subsequently be found in locally grown foods.
It should be noted that the purge was essentially completed on July 11, 1980.
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Responding to Mr. Ginder's concerns, we can comaent on the reported finding of F'
krypton gas in the soil around the TMI plant vicinity. For the reasons elaborated below, no soil samples were taken during the conduct of the purge.
Soil samples were not taken because krypton is a noble gas which is chemically inert and does not concentrate in the soil. As such, there are no significant food pathways for exposure to nan frva releases of radioactive krypton as a gaseous effluent from comacrcial nuclear power plants. Thus, there was no valid basis for taking soil sanples fcr analysis of krypton contamination during the conduct of the purge.
During the purge of the TMI-2 reactor building, transient concentrations of w-7 Kr-85 above nor6ral background levels were detected, however, all masurements F~
were well below Federal standards for concentrations of Kr-85 in unrestricted
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When released from the TMI-2 plant stack, the Kr-85 rapidly ;isperses in the carth's atnosphere and decays in accordance with its half-life (i.e.,
~L 10.7 years). Additionally, no radiactive particulates (e.g., Cs-137) were detected in the stack effluent or from environmental atnospheric monitoring during the purge.
For your information, I am enclosing a copy of HUREG-0G73, '" Answers to Questions
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About Removing Krypton from the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 Reactor Building,"
'thich provides additional information about the properties of krypton.
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I trust that this response adequately addresses your constituent's concerns.
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