ML20127L695

Advises of Concurrence in Rewritten Ltr to Congressman Fraser,Subj to Changes Made on Page 2

ML20127L695
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	07/03/1969
From:	Schur B US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Henderson US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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ML20127L692	List: ML20127L689 ML20127L695 ML20127L699
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NUDOCS 9211250240
Download: ML20127L695 (2)

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Subject to the changes which I have made on page 2, I j have concurred in the attached rewrltten letter to 4

Congressman Fraser. The changes indicated on page 2 i

are essentially changes in verb form resulting from j the introductory phrase in the fourth paragraph i "If granted, ..."

l still note a reluctance toluse the phrase in the

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letters: "as close to zero as possible". I assume there are sound technical reasons for not answering i

the impiled question that follows from that phrase.

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Bertram H. Schur Associate General Counsel Attachments i Proposed ltr to Rep. Fraser j ,

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I Noeerable Donald W. presor '

l 4 i h limits en esmeentrations of radiometivity permitted is any i suelear power seaeter liquid effluente laevias a restriated area, l prior to dilutica la a otroan er other body of water, are seek i that a moder of the public oes14, la the absenes of other sentose et espeemse eseept natural beskareemd and medieal preesdures, noe the effluent as a seures of drinking water throughest bis lifetime I

without oseeeding the Federal Radiatica Coussil radiaties pre-teetles guide for an individual in the populaties. Cemeestrations  !

in the affluents are further substantially redseed by dilution in the body of water into which they are discharged.

Our emportanes to date with some fourtoon lieeased operettag power reaeters shows that the radioactivity released la effluents han s generally been a sus 11 percentage of releaseegtM '" --- ht, spitt 4 7

under AgC regulattens. l t

The items diseussed below. La response _ to the Carlsens' specifie questions, are among the many important itenes of safety signiflommes t'ast are seasidered by the AgC's regulatory staff during the review for en operatias 11eenes. ,y uO If granted, the operating license westd speaffy ihe loestica.

type, and frequenay of sampling and monitoring the river water.

Northera States power Cr_;ry aimes June 1944 has initiated, and l

M eestiamo throughout plaat operettees, as antensive entiree- gO

' mental radiation monitoring program. This program pse1** imelude taking daily grab samples from the river upstream and downstraan ,

of the plaat ette. giudge from the betten of the riverposid M g g also be analysed. la assessing the espability of the Heaticelle '

plant te handle the discharge radionettve liquid efflusst within the limits ubish wes1 ' permitted and etablishing the 4 frequeney of sampling, the regulatory staff '" t c eneider the river cyclie flaw charseteristies as relate to the dispersten and dilutten of radioactive material.

If radiesetivity above prescribed limite were to be detected is udb the liquid effluent from the reactor, the Commission wesid haue %a.

authority to erfar the licenses to take ser safety measures wktsh might be necessary, including shutting down the reactor. N M discharge of radioactive liquid offisent from the plaat womW set be a esatiaueus operaties, but rather id be done en a persedia or bate baats. Northern States power proposes te analyse- '

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