ML20127L278
| ML20127L278 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 03/26/1968 |
| From: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Mccarthy E SENATE |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9211230480 | |
| Download: ML20127L278 (6) | |
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Dear Senator McCarthy:
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'Ihank you for your letter of March 8 1968, regaMing letters you have received fmn constituents who expms, sed concem about possible radio-active pollution of public water supplies fmn opentions of the i
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, now.under construction by the i
Northem States Power Capany. -
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The application by Northem States Power Conpany for a permit to constmet the Monticello plant was reviewed fmm the standpoint of radiological safety by four bodies in the AEC's process of licensing 4
1 and regulation, as outlined in the enclosed booklet, " Licensing of i
Power Reactors." - 'Ihese review groups included the AEC regulato y staff, r
the Comission's statutory Advisory Comittee m Beactor SafeguaMs j
(ACRS), and an atomic safety and licensing board which conducted a public hearing in the matter on May 28,1%7, at Buffalo, Mimesota, j
The initial decision of the board, granting a provisional construction pemit, was then myiewed by the Comission itself. 'Ibe constmetion pemit was issued on June 19 l%7 Each of these review bodies concluded that the proposed plant could be constmeted and operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the public.
j When the applicant conpletes the plant and applies for an operating i
license, further safety reviews will be conducted by the AEC m gulatory staff and the ACRS. --'Ihemafter, if an operating license is granted,-
l the plant will be under AEC surveillance and undergo periodic safety inspections thmughout its lifetime.
l During routine operation, very small' amounts of radioactive materials generated in the nuclear pmoesses may be released into the envirorsnent i
at controlled rates and in controlled amounts from a nuclear power plant. 'Ihis requins a continuous program of nonitoring and contml to insure that pemissible limits are not exceeded.. Ibe allowable limits in AEC regulations are based on guides developed by the Federal -
Radiation Council, a statutory body, and issued by the President for the guidanoe of Pederal agencies..'Ihese permissible limits am such-that oontinuous use of water at the point of niease fmn the site
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missible limits applicable to the mdionuclides in the effluent.
In the case of the M:cticello plant, the AEC's evaluations ooreluded that the design and operation of the mdiological waste disposal system would preclude harmful effects _on the water supplies of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the nearest comunities usire the Mississippi River for potable water.
I am also enclosing a copy of " Atomic Power Safety," which describes-the general operation of typical water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants. 'If you believe this booklet and the other enclosed
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(ACRS), and an atomic safety licens)ng boant which conducted.a public hearing in the matter May 2 f-1967, at-Buffalo, Minnesota.
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pomit, was then myiewed by the saion itself.. The construction j
pemit was issued on June 19,196.
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I am also enclosing a oopy of " Atomic Power Safety," which describes the general operation of typical water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants. If you believe this booklet and t!w other enclosed publication on licensing and regulation would be useful to your ccustituents, we would be glad to furnish copies in quantity.
Con 11 ally, Chairman
Enclosures:
1.
" Licensing of Power Beactors" 2.
"Atcaic Power Safety" Distribution:
Chairman (2)
Conmissioner Ramey Conmissioner Tape Connissioner Johnson Secretary (2)
Stan Robinson, Secretariat w/cy for PDR General Manager (2) 000 (2)
Congressional (2)
H. L. Price C. K. Beck M. M. Mann C. L. Henderaon GM Control #83335 i
R. L. Doan W. G. Dooly P. A. Morris RETYPED AT SUGGESTION OF OGC 'IO OMIT FIRST SENTENCE Forrest Western OF FIRST PARAGRAPH,SINCE IT WAS THEIR VIEW IT WAS Gladys Ertter (DR-1641)
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Dear tor McCarthy:
'Ihank y or your letter of Manh 8,-1968, re letters you have moeived constituents who expmssed concem possible radio-active pollut of public water supplies from rations of the Monticello Nucl Generating Plant, now under onstmetion by the Northern States r Company.-
'Ihe application by No m States Power _
any for a pemit to construct the Monticello ant was a vie from the standpoint of radiological safety by f es in'the
's process of licensing and regulation, as outlined the enclo booklet, " Licensing of.
Power Reactors.". 'Ihese review a
luded the AEC. m gulatory staff, the Conmission's statutory Advi ttee on' Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), and an atomic safety and li ing boarti which conducted a-public hearing in the natter on May
,1967,at_ Buffalo, Minnesota.
'Ihe initial decision of_ the board, a pmvisional construction pemit, was then reviewed by the sai teelf. 'Ihe construction pemit was issued on June 19,1
. 'Each of review bodies j
concluded that the proposed p oould be cons ted and operated L
without undue risk to the he and safety of_ t lic.
When the applicant ocuplete the plant and applies for operating __
license, further safety M ews will be conducted by the regulatory staff and the ACRS. 'Ibe r, if an operating license is
- ted, the plant will be under surveillance and undergo periodic ty-inspections throughout a lifetime.
During routine operat on, very men 11 amounts of mdioactive materials generated in the ear processes may be, released--into the envimoment at controlled ratep/and in controlled amounts from a nuclear power plant. 'Ihis requif'es a continuuus pmgram of monitoring and contml to insum that pe fssible limits are not exceeded. 'Ihe allowable limits l
in AEC m gulat am based on guides developed by.the Federal.
Radiation il, a statutory body,'and issued by the President for the guidanoe f Federal agencies. 'Ihese permissible limits are such that cent use of water at the puint of mlease fmm the site would not usult in exposums exceeding national and international; standards' for radiation pmtection of the public. 'Ihese concentatims are, cf course, further reduced by_ dilution in the bo4of water to-
' which they am discharged.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy Your constituents any be inte ms to know that our experience thus far indicates that releases of ioactivity fmn licensed nuclear power plants are kept at a small percentage of even the pemissible levels, and that no effect has been discernible on the environment or on the people in the vicinity of these plEnts. Regarding M 1 eases through the cooling water, about which your constituents have expressed concem, a moent survey of ten operating nuclear power plants showed an average of less than one percent of allowable limits of radioactivity in liquids was being discharged.
In the case of the Monticello plant, the AEC's evaluations concluded that the design and operation of the radiological waste disposal system would preclude hamful effects on the water supplies of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the nearest conr. unities using the Mississippi River for potable water.
I am also enclosing a copy of " Atomic Power Safety," which describes the general operation of typical water cooled and moderated nuclear i
power plants. If you believe this booklet and the other enclosed publication on licensing and m gulation would be useful to your constituents, we would be glad to furnish copies in quantity.
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Chaiman (2)
Cormtissioner Ramy Conmissioner Tape Conmissioner Johnson g%
Secretary (2)
Enclosures:
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" Licensing of Power Reactors" w/cy for PDR l
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" Atomic Power Safety" General Manager (2) 000 (2)
Congressional (2)
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