ML20137Y917

Forwards Constituent,Hg Brack,860110 Request for Info Re Effluent & Waste Monitoring for Facility.Requests That Inquiries Be Addressed

ML20137Y917
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Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	02/04/1986
From:	Mitchell G SENATE
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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GEORGE J. rITCHELL CouulTTEEs MAINE FINANCE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 3Cnifeb States Senate """^"$'^"^'"'

W ASHINGTON. D.C. 20St0 February 4, 1986 Mr. Nunzio Palladino Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

, Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Palladino:

Enclosed please find a copy of a request from my constituent, H. G. Brack, of Hulls Cove, Maine.

I would appreciate it if you could address my constituent's inquiries concerning environmental monitoring of the operations at Maine Yankee Power Plant in Wiscasset, Maine.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response.

With best regards, Sincerely, n

Geor e J. Mitchell United States Senator

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Center for Biological Monitoring, Inc.

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• HULLS COVE. ME 04644 = 288-5126 January 10, 1986 To Whom'It May Concern

Dear Questionnaire Recipient:

The Center for Biological Monitoring is compiling a selected bibliography on waste stream radionuclides and radiological environmental monitoring reports which pertain to the operation of the Maine Yankee Power Plant in Wiseasset, Maine.

Questionnaires seeking additional citations are being sent to selected persons and institutions who might have additionni in-formation about radiological monitoring in the area of the plant.

Before filling out the questionnaire, please review our checklist of articles and studies on file at the Center for Biological !!o n -

itoring library in llulls Cove, Maine.

Any additional suggestions as to whom we night contact for more information would be welcomed by the CBM.

Please return the questionnaire to:

Center for Biological Monitoring, Inc.

Box 144 Ilulls Cove, ME 04644 Thank you for assistance with our selected bibliography.

Yours truly, vion' li . G . Brack, Director Center For Biological Monitoring, Inc.

Center for Biological Monitoring, Inc.

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• HULLS COVE. ME 04644

• 288-5126 January 10, 1986 QUESTIONNAIRE .

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant: ' Effluent and Waste Monitoring Do you know of any radiological monitoring reports, other than those listed on the enclosed checklist pertaining to the operation of the Maine Yankee Power Station in Wiscasset, Maine, 1972-85, which you could cite for.us below?

1. Special r'e p o r t s from Maine Yankee to the NRC: Radiological En-vironmental Surveillance reports?

2. Special reports from Maine Yankee to the NRC: Effluent and waste disposal reports, other than the semi-annual reports?

3. Special' reports: Reportable occurences?

4. Other r e p o r t s': Radionuclide uptake and accumulation, Wiscasset area?

5. Other reports: Dispersal kinetics, field studies, isocuric maps of discharged radionuclides, etc.?

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6. Other reports: Vent stack emissions?

7. Other reports or field studies: Backflushing via intake for removal of fouling organisms?

8. Other reports: Spent fuel pool inventories?

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9. Other reports: Low level waste constituents?

10. Other reports: Monitoring for radionuclides in the Wiseasset area, 1972-857

11. Would you suggest other persons and institutions to contact about these subjects?

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12. If you have read any of the " Current Effluent Monitoring Reports in Our File" (list enclosed), please list by number.

Thank you - Please use the back of this questionnaire, i f necessary.

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Center for Biological Monitoring, Inc.

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• HULLS COVE. ME 04644 = 288-5126 January 10, 1986 Re: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING BIBLIOGRAPilY Current Effluent Monitoring Reports In Our File From Maine Yankee /NRC

1. Annual Radiological Environmental Surveillance Reports

2. Ef fluent and Waste Disposal Semi-Annual Reports Other repor'ts re Maine Yankee Power Company

3. J.H. Churchill, C.T. liess and C.W. Smith ifcasurement and Computer Modeling of Radionuclide Uptake by Marine Sediment Near a Nuclear Powe_r Reactor, IIcalth Physics Vol. 38, March 1980, pp 327-340

4. C.T. Iless, C.W. Smith and A.H. Price A Mathematical Model of the Accum-ulation of Radionuclides by Oysters Aquacultured in the Effluent of a Nuclear Power Reactor to Include Major Biological Parameters, llealth Physics Vol . 3 3, Augus t 1977, pp 121-130

5. C.T. liess, C.W. Smith and A.H. Price Model for the Accumulation of Radionuclides in Oysters and Sediments, Nature Vol. 258, Nov. 20, 1975, pp 225-226

6. Elisabeth King Citizens' Monitoring Network, Environmental Impact Assessment Review Vol. 2, No. 2, 1981, pp 198-201

7. R.A. Lut4 and C.T. Iless Biological ::nd Radiological Analysis of the Potential of Nuclear Power Plant Effluent Waters for Shellfish Culture, (in) Power Plant Wa s t e llen t Utilization in Aquaculture cds . God f riaux et al, Montclair, N.J., 1980

8. A.H. Price, C.T. Iless and C.W. Smith A Field Study of Crassot rea Virginica Cultured in the IIcated Effluent and Discharged Radionuclides of a Nuclear Power Reactor, Proc. Natl. Shellfish Assoc. 1976, 66: 54-68

9. St ate of Maine Dept. of itealth Engineering Reports

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