ML20151X444

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PNO-76-005:acquatic Flora Samples Collected on 751004 within 500 Ft of Millstone Point Discharge Exhibited Concentrations Greater than 10 Times Concentrations Observed at Control Station,Giants Neck.Formal non-routine 10 Day Rept Required
ML20151X444
Person / Time
Site: Millstone  Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 01/16/1976
From: Jennifer Davis, Dreher F, Roy G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-76-005, PNO-76-5, NUDOCS 9809170094
Download: ML20151X444 (1)


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January 16,-1976 PRELIMINARY N( FICATION OF EVENT OR UNUS *

.. C JRRENCE --PNO-76-05

. Thio Preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of ~ '

POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information 2 presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation  :

and is basically all that is known by OIE ataff as of 10:00 a.m. on date of this notificctien. IT SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT THIS NOTIFICATION MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT LATER MAY BE DETERMINED TO  !

BE INACCURATE OR INCONSISTENT. AN OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

-NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE (BLUE SHEET) SUBSEQUENTLY l WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED. '

Facility: Millstone Point 1 and 2 (DN's 50-245 and 50-336) .

l Northeast Nuclear Energy Company *

Subject:

RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE ENVIRONMENT Aquatic flora (rockweed) samples collected on October 4, 1975 within 500 feet of the Millstone Point discharge exhibited concentrations greater tha::.

10 times the concentrations observed at the control station, Giants Neck.

The values were: t Mn-54 Co-60 I-131 (PCi/g) (pCi/g) (pci/g) ] '

Control Station 0.18 0.1 0.21

~ l Near Discharge 6.2 2.7 9.4

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These concentrations are approximar*1y the name as vahian pravinitaly re-

' ' ' ported by the licensee in routine Environmental Reports. (I-131 is soine- ~

!' what higher but is concentrated by the flora.) However, due to the special  !

reporting requirements in Millstone 2's recently effective Environmental l

+" Technical Specifications, a formal Non-Routine 10-day Report is now re r - J esired for this situation. Dose consequences should be minimal because

. direct consumption-ir:not anticipated.

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Media interest is possible in that the report is placed in the PDR. It is more likely that this issue will receive more attention when the licensee's l annual monitoring report is submitted on or about April 1976 because of Media

and Congressional interest. The State of Connecticut has been informed. A press release is not planned.

Ragion I, NRC', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received notification of this

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, occurrence by letter.from Northeast Nuclear Energy Company on 1/15/76. , _

Contact:

FADreher, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27353 JGDavis, IE x27541

, Distribution:

L . Chairman Anders Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY

.{- Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE O

C. C. r===arer, CA L. V. Gossick, EDO

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J. A. Harris, PA I B.,C. Rusche, NRR J. La Fleur, ISP T. J. McTiernan, AIA -

-} K. R. Chapman, NMSS H. K. Shapar, ELD g7 Transmitted: P Bldg /8  ; H St /4 k; MNBB /d  ; Luge, MININARY NOTIFICATION

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