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Press Release III-96-63, Aerial Radiation Measurements Planned for NPPs in Wisconsin & Minnesota
ML20134D223
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Site: Hatch, Monticello, Kewaunee, Point Beach, Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/17/1996
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PR-III-96-063, PR-III-96-63, NUDOCS 9610180096
Download: ML20134D223 (1)


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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Region III Office of Public Affairs 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle IL 60532-4351 NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:

RIII-96-63 October 17, 1996 CONTACT: Jan Strasma 630/829-9663 Angela Dauginas 630/829-9662 E-mail:

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AERIAL RADIATION MEASUREMENTS PLANNED l

FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA A blue-and-white helicopter, flying at low altitudes, will conduct routine background radiation surveys for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission near four nuclear power stations in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The surveys are part of an ongoing NRC program to monitor radiation levels around facilities producing, using, or storing radioactive materials.

The surveys are performed by Bechtel Nevada, a Department of Energy contractor 4

in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The helicopter surveys will be performed in the area of the Kewaunee and Point Beach Nuclear Power Stations north of Two Rivers Wisconsin: at the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Station near Red Wing, Minnesota: and at the Monticello Nuclear Power Station in Monticello, Minnesota.

The tentative schedule for the Wisconsin survey is to begin setup activities on Friday (October 18) with the survey to be performed over the next several days.

The Prairie Island survey will begin about October 26 with the Monticello survey to follow, beginning about October 29.

The actual survey schedules will depend on weather conditions.

The surveys are performed at several commercial nuclear power stations each year.

They include the plant site itself and about a 10-square mile area around the plant.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission news announcements are issued by fax and by internet e-mail.

If you wish to receive Region III news releases by e-mail, send a message to opa3@nrc. gov. To receive news announcements issued by NRC Headquarters and all NRC regional offices by e-mail, send an e-mail message to listproc@nrc. gov with the message: subscribe pr-opa followed by your name. A weekly printed summary of news releases is available by writing Office of Public Affairs. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington DC 20555.

News releases are also available on the NRC's internet web site at the address: <http://www nrc gov /0PA>

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