ML20064C816

Forwards, Thirteenth Quarterly Woodborer Study Rept, 780505-0810

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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/23/1978
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Jersey Central Power & Ught Company

• Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road Mornstown, New Jersey 07960 (201)455-8200 October 23, 1978 Mr. Voss A. Moore Assistant Director for Environmental Projects

" ,,, Directorate of Licensing Office of Regulations United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

Subject:

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Docket No. 50-219 Thirteenth Quarterly Woodborer Study Report Enclosed are eleven (11) copies of the thirteenth quarterly progress report on "Woodborer Study Associated with the Oyster Creek Generating Station" by B. R. Richards, C. I. Belmore, and R. E. Hillman dated September 15, 1978.

'Ihis report covers the period of May 4, 1979 to August 10, 1978.

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g- JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COBT!Onf September 15, 1978 k-1 9 by

,B.R. Richards, C.I. Belmore, and R.E. Hillman

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May 4, 1978 to August 10, 1978 8

BATTELLE i Columbus Laboratories William F. Clapp Laboratories l

Duxbury, Massachusetts 02332 Battelle is not engaged in research for advertising, sale.; promotion, O,

or publicity purposec, and this report may not be reproduced in full or in part for auch puryoces.

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I NT ROD UCT I ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PROCEDURES AND INTERIM DATA...................................... 1 s

i Exposure Panels............................................. 1

Water Quality............................................... 9 i

Teredinid Gonadal Development Studies....................... 9 I

I LIST OF TABLES I Table 1. Geographical Locations of William F. Clapp'

, Laboratories' Exposure Panel Arrays Submerged June, 1975, Barnega t Bay , New Je rsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Table 2. Summary Data for Incidence of Teredinidae in Panels Removed May 31 through June 1, 1978............ 6 I

. Table 3. Summary Data for Incidence of Teredinidae in i Panels Removed July 10-12, 1978....................... 6 Table 4. Summary Data for Incidence of Teredinidae in 1 Panels Removed August 8-9, 1978....................... 7

Table 5. Summary Data for Incidence of Limnoria in Panels Removed June, July, and August, 1978........... 8 g

Table 6. Water Quality at Exposure Panel Stations, I June, 1978........................................... 10 Table 7. Water Quality at Exposure Panel Stations, July, 1978........................................... 11 s

Tabic 8. Water Quality at Exposure Panel Stations, August, 1978......................................... 12 Table 9. Condition of Gonads of Teredinid Borers Removed From Exposure Panels in Barnegat Bay from June through August, 1978.................................. 13 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Outline of Barnegat Bay Showing Geographical Location of Exposure Panels........................... 2 c

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1 WOODBORER STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OYSTER CREEK GENERATING STATION J

by B.R. Richards, C.I. Belmore, and R.E. Hillman 9

I INTRODUCTION The William F. Clapp Laboratories of Batte11e's Columbus Laboratories is conducting-an investigation to detemine whether the ji generating station is affecting the resident marine borer population

' in Oyster Creek to the extent that that population is contributing i

significantly to marine borer-caused dan

age in Barnegat -Bay.

4 A description of the program and procedures used may be I found in the First Quarterly Report on Woodborer Study Associated with I the Oyster Creek Generating Station, Report No. 14647, dated October 31, 1975, with the exception that the marine borer larvae program was j discontinued in November, 1977.

3 This report presents the summary data for the thirteenth j t quarterly period from May 4, 1978, through August 10, 1978.

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Exposure Panels 8

The long-term and short-term exposure panels were retrieved 4 and replaced with new untreated pre-soaked (for two weeks) panels at

. the 20 exposure sites in Barnegat Bay and a"djacent waters (Figure 1) during the weeks of June 1-2, July 10-13, and Aug'ist 7-10, 1978. The rack at Site 13, Cedar Creek was missing in July. It was located in August and two long-term panels were removed and replaced in order to

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Table 1 describes the geographical locations of the exposure sites. The summary data for the laboratory examination 'of the panels may be found in Tables 2 through 5.

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TABLE 1. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF WILLIAM F. CLAPP LABORATORIES' EXPOSURE PANEL ARRAYS SUBMERGED JUNE, 1975, BARNEGAT BAY, NEW JERSEY Structure to be used for Hearest Previous Approximate Latitude Site No. Site Suspension of Rack Data Stations and Longitude

1. Barnegar-Coast Guard Finger Pier WC 1 Lat. 39 45.8'N Station, Barnegat Inlet WFCL 1948-1967 Long. 74* 06.5'W

2. Ashton Marina Bulkhead WC 13,14 Lat. 39* 40'N 1450 Bay Ave. Long. 74* 13'W Manahawkin

3. Iggie's Marina -Bulkhead WC 16,17,18,19 Lat, 39' 45'N East Bay Ave. Long, 74* 12.5'W Barnegat (Conklin Island) 4 Liberty Harbor Marina Bulkhead WC 21 Lat. 39 47'N Washington Ave. R. Turner Long. 74* ll'W Waretown Rutgers U. E9 4-A*. Holiday Harbor Marina Bulkhead WC 21 Lat. 39* 48'N Lighthouse Drive R. Turner Long. 74* 11'N Waretown Rutgers U.

5. Mouth of Oyster Creek, Dock WC 29,30 Lat. 39' 48.5'N Lot.4,. Compass.Rdad Rutgers U. Long. 74* 10.3'W Offshore End

6. Oyster Creek #1 Dock Lat. 39* 48.5'N Lagoon, Inshore End Long. 74* 10.35'W 37 Capstan Drive 7, Private Dock End of Dock WC 27,28 Lat, 39* 48.5'N Dock Ave. .

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8. Oyster Creek-R.R. Cross Member WC 26 Lat. 39 48.7'N Bridge Bridge Rutgers U. Long. 74* 12'W Discharge Canal

9. Forked River Cross Member WC 31 Lat 39* 49.2'N South Branch R.R. Bridge Rutgers U. Long. 74* 12.2'W Intake Canal

10. Teds Marina Pier WC 33,34 Lat. 39* 50.1'N Bay Ave. Long. 74* 11.6'W Forked River 10A*. Private Dock Under Dock Lat. 39' 49'N 1-16 Aquarius Ct. Long. 74* 10'W 3 Forked River 10B*. Private Dock Under Dock Lat. 39* 49.4'N 1307 Beach Blvd. Long. 74* 10.l'W Forked River

11. Forked River Bulkhead WC 35 Lat. 39* 49.7'N (near mouth) Rutgers U. Long. 74* 10'W 1413 River Vicu Drive

12. Stouts Creek Bulkhead WC 38,40,41 Lat 39* 50.5'N 1273 Capstan Drive R. Turner Long. 74* 08.8'W Wurtz Rutgers U.

13. Rocknak's Yacht Basin End of Pier WC 46 Lat. 39* 52'N Seaview Ave. Long. 74* 09'W Lanoka Harbor Cedar Creek

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Structure to be used for Nearest Previous Approximate Latitude Site No. Site Suspension of Rack Data Stations and Longitude

14. Dicks Landing Pier WC 49 Lat. 39* 54'W Island Drive R. Turner Long. 74* 08.l'W Bayville (Holly Park) Nelson

15. Winter Yacht Basin Inc. Pier WC 57 Lat. 40 02.5'N Rt. 528 Long. 74 03.5'W Mantoloking Bridge W. Mantoloking

16. Berkely Yacht Basin Pier WC 60,61 Lat. 39* 55.9'N J. Street Long. :74* 04.9'W Seaside

17. Island Beach Pier WC 68 Lat. 39* 47.l'N u State Park Long. 74* 05.9'W (Sedge Island)

All exposure panel racks suspended in a minimum water depth at mean low water of at least three feet. Racks hung with nylon line from existing structures so the bottom panels are close to, but not touching the bottom. Racks at Forked River railroad bridge and Oyster Creek railroad bridge suspended with wire rope.

WC = Woodward-C1'/de WFCL = William F. Clapp Laboratories

• Site 4-A installed April, 1977 Sites 10 A, 10 B installed April, 1978.

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DATA FOR INCIDENCE OF TEREDINIDAE IN PANELS REMOVED MAY 31 TilROUGII JUNE 1, 1978 No. of Size Range Site Panel Specimens I Percent Filled in mm. Species Identification Remarks 1-17 No teredinidae present TABLE 3.

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DATA FOR INCIDENCE OF TEREDINIDAE IN PANELS REMOVED JULY 10-12, 1978 No. of Size Range Site Panel Specimens Percent Filled in mm. Species Identification Remarks 6 P 0 m C 1 <1 <1 7 P 93 10 <l-36 71 T. bartschi Dead. Several with larvae.

C 58 3 <1-35 5 T. bartschi Dead. One with larvae.

10B P 1 <1 2 B. goulds C 0 11 P 1 <1 13 T. navalis C 0 Sites 1-5, 8-10A, 12, 14 no teredinidae present Site 13 - rack missing P = Long-term panels, submerged January, 1978 Long-term .'arels - 10A and 10B submerged April, 1978 C = Short-term panels, submerged June, 1978 e

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DATA FOR INCIDENCE OF TEREDINIDAE IN PANELS REMOVED

! AUGUST 8-9, 1978 No. of Size. Range

, Site Panel Specimens-i Percent Filled in mm. Species Identification Remarks l' P 9 <1 <l-17 1 T. navalic C 4 <1 <1-1 5 P 12 2 <l-52 2 T. bartschi 1 dead. 10 embryonic.

.C 4. <1 <l-1 6 P 1 <1 9 Terado spp.

C 1 <1 <1 7 P 730 20 <l-77 120 T. barbschi, Umbonate larvae.

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. C 1800 1 <1-11 2 T. bartschi, All but 2 embryonic.

Terado spp.

10A P 0 C 1 <1 13 B. goulds Submerged April, 1978.

, 10B P 1 2 70 B. gouldi Submerged April, 1978.

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. 12 P 0 C 1 <1 1 13 P. 1 <1 28 B. gouldi l

, 13 P 4 1 <1-35 2 B. goulds Panel submerged 7 mos. i C 0 14 P 1 <1 2 -

t C 1 <1 1 Sites 2-4, 8-10, 15 No Teredinidae present.

Long-term panels submerged February, 1978 - unless otherwise noted.  :

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DATA FOR INCIDENCE OF LO"noria IN t

PANELS REMOVED JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, 1978 i

I j June Julv August No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Site Panel Tunnels Specimens Tunnels Specimens

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I 1 P 2 2 22 40 83 5 C 0 0 6 10 N

j 2 P 3 3 51 88 550 800I C 0 0 8 14 8 14 4

4 P 19 24 670 735 560 800 9

C 8 10 74 110 0 0 3 4A P 17 25 415 760 430 650t I C 7 11 67 102 16 11

. Sites 3, 5 No Limnoria present.

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Water Quality Salinity, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pil were 8

determined with a Hydrolab (Model II B). The results for June, July, and August may be found in Tables 6 through 8.

$ In July the water at the sites in Stouts Creek and Forked i

River near Teds Marina had a dark discoloration, probably due to the I presence of humic material. The humic material is believed to be I

carried from the swamps down the creeks after heavy rains.

Teredinid Gonadal Development Studies Table 9 shows the gonad condition of the teredinid borers collected from May through August, 1978. Included are results from special long-term panels exposed for a 12-month period.

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. TABLE 6. h'ATER QUALITY AT EXPOSURE PANELS STATIONS, JUNE,1978 Depth Station Date Time in Feet Salinity - o/oo Temp. *C 02 PH 1 5/31/78 1000 8 21.5 15.6 9.4 8.5 2 5/31/78 1040 3 17.7 21.9 9.2 8.2 3 5/31/78 1117 2 17.9 19.6 7.8 8.1

' 8.0 4 5/31/78 1145 5 18.5 20.0 8.1 1

4A 5/31/78 1200 3 17.9 21.1 8.6 8.2 1 5 5/31/78 1215 2 15.2 24.7 8.9 7.6 6 5/31/78 1230 2 15.8 25.2 8.9 7.6

, 7 5/31/78 1245 2 16.5 25.5 8.0 7.7 j 8 5/31/78 1350 2 16.9 26.5 7.5 7.8 9 5/31/78 1400 4 17.9 21.0 8.0 8.1 I

g 10 5/31/78 1520 5 14.5 17.5 8.3 7.2 10A 5/31/78 1435 3 16.5 25.0 8.0 8.0 l

10B 5/31/78 14'50 4 16.5 23.0 10.5 8.5 1

11 5/31/78 1500 3 17.2 20.2 7.7 8.1 1 12 5/31/78 1540 4 15.2 21.0 9.3 8.2

' 13 5/31/78 1617 3 11.2 22.5 8.3 7.5 14 5/31/78 1645 3 14.5 22.5 9.0 8.3

. 15 5/31/78 1730 3 9.2 24.5 9.1 8.3 16 6/1/78 0815 3 15.2 21.5 9.0 8.3 17 5/31/78 0715 2 16.5 22.3 8.4 8.1 Os O

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Depth Station Date Time in Feet Salinity - o/oo Temp. *C 02 PH I

1 7/11/78 1115 5.0 24.9 21.5 7.6 9.3 2 7/11/78 1000 1.0 18.5 24.5 6.7 9.0 3 7/11/78 1210 1.0 20.6 24.5 6.7 9.3 4 7/11/78 1230 2.0 21.3 25.0 5.2 8.8 4A 7/11/78 1300 2.0 21.3 25.5 5.6 9.0 5 7/11/78 1330 1.5 17.6 28.5 7.6 9.2 i 6 7/11/78 1335 1.0 17.9 29.5 8.3 9.4 I 7 7/11/78 1345 1.5 16.5 28.5 5.6 9.1 8 7/11/78 1355 0.5 15.5 28.0 7.6 9.3 j 9 7/11/78 1415 0.5 18.5 26.0 8.4 9.5 7/11/78 1745

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, 10B 7/11/78 1615 0.5 18.o 24.0 9.3 9.6 11 7.11/78 1545 1.0 18.9 23.0 7.1 9.4 12 7/11/78 1800 2.5 16.2 26.5 6.5 9.6 13 7/11/78 1900 0.5 10.4 25.5 8.2 9.1 14 7/11/78 1915 0.5 13.5 25.5 7.9 9.5 15 7/12/78 0930 3.0 15.2 24.0 7.8 9.1

, 16 7/11/78 1945 2.0 11.1 26.0 7.4 9.2 17 7/10/78 0825 1.5 22.0 26.5 7.7 9.4 S

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1 8/8/78 0925 6.0 23.4 24.5 6.4 8.3 2 8/8/78 0855 2.0 17.9 26.0 6.2 8.0 a 3 8/8/78 1020 3.0 18.5 26.5 6.4 7.9 4 8/8/78 1040 3.5 20.6 26.0 5.0 7.7

, 4A 8/8/78 1100 3.5 20.6 26.5 7.6 8.1 5 8/8/78 1125 4.0 18.5 30.0 6.8 8.0 6 8/8/78 1137 4.0 17.9 30.0 8.0 8.0 7 8/8/78 1150 3.0 18.5 30.5 6.4 7.8 8 8/8/78 1235 6.0 19.2 30.5 7.4 8.0

' 9 8/8/78 1306 6.0 19.2 27.5 7.4 8.2 10 S/8/78 1525 3.0 16.5 25.0 4.1 7.5 l 10A 8/8/78 1415 3.5 19.9 28.5 7.2 8.3 I 10B 8/8/78 1405 3.5 13.8 28.0 7.8 8.2

, 11 8/8/78 1333 4.0 20.6 28.0 7.4 8.2 l 12 8/8/78 1545 -3. 5 18.5 26.5 7.2 8.4 13 8/8/78 1625 3.0 15.8 25.5 6.1 8.0 14 8/8/78 1700 3.0 13.1 26.0 7.2 8.6 15 8/9/78 0815 3.5 13.1 26.0 6.4 8.4 16 8/8/78 1745 4.5 10.4 27.0 4.5 7.4 17 8/8/78 1820 1.5 23.4 28.0 15.0 9.0 O

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TABLE 9. CONDITION OF GONADS OF TEREDINID BORERS REMOVED FROM EXPOSURE PANELS IN BARNEGAT BAY FROM JUNE TIIROUGH AUGUST,1978 EA = Early Active; LA = Late Active; R = Ripe; PS = Partially Spawned; M = Male; F = Female; H = Hermaphrodite Month No Months Gonad Specimen No. Station Removed Exposed Species Sex Condition Comments 368a 11 May/ June 12 Bankia gouldi M IA Leucocytic infiltration in mantle; possible encysted ciliate in mantle b M LA 369a 12 May/ June 12 Bankia gculdi M LA b M EA Cysts 370 11 May/ June 12 Teredo navalis F EA 371 10 May/ June 12 Bankia gouZdi M PS 372a 7 May/ June 12 Bankia gouZdi M R b F PS c F PS d F PS r e M R

373 13 May/ June 12 Bankia gculdi M EA 374a 1 May/ June 12 Teredo navalis F R b F LA c F R d F R e F PS Minchinia plasmodia f 11 PS Minchinia plasmodia g F R h F R i F PS 375 9 May/ June 12 Bankia gouldi M R 376a 17 May/ June 13 Teredo navali9 M PS Minchinia plasmodia; specimen dead b F PS Minchinia spores; specimen dead 377a 7 July 2 Teredo hartschi H R Specimen dead b 11 R Specimen dead

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Month No. Months Gonad Specimen No. Station ' Removed Exposed Species Sex Condition Comments 378a 7 July 6 Tercdo bartschi No discernable gonad; large un-identified metazoans in tissue; specimen dead b No discernable gonad; specimen dead c H PS Specimen dead d H R Specimen dead e No discernable gonad; specimen dead 379 2 July 12 Teredo navalis F EA Ninchinia spores 380 11 July 6 Toredo navalis M EA 381a 7 August 6 Teredb bartechi H PS b H PS c H PS d H PS e H PS Z f H PS g No discernable gonad; large un-identified metazoan in tissues h H PS i H PS 382a 13 August 7 Bankia gouldi M EA b M LA 383 13 August 6 Bankia gouldi M EA 384 1 August 6 Terado navalis M EA Necrotic areas in tissues 385a 11 August 1 Bankia gouldi M EA b No discernable gonad c M EA d M EA 386 11 August 6 Bankia gouldi M EA 387 10B August 4 Bankia gouldi M LA 388 10A August 1 Bankia gouldi No discernable gonad

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