ML20154S101
| ML20154S101 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/20/1988 |
| From: | Mccabe E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Lloyd H AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| NUDOCS 8806080368 | |
| Download: ML20154S101 (7) | |
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475 ALLENDALE ROAD af KINO OF PRUSSI A, PENNSYLVANIA 194o6 MAY # 0 1986 Docket Nos. 50-245; 50-336; 50-423 Mr. H. John Lloyd 17 Division Street Waterford, Connecticut 06385
Dear Mr. Lloyd:
This letter describes our follsw-up on your April 18, 1988 telephone call to the NRC resident inspectors' office at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station. You then expressed concern that radiation in water discharged from Millstone had caused a foul, metallic odor at your home in the Jordan Cove area from about 2-6 p.m. on April 17,1988.
Your concern has been reviewed by the NRC Region I allegation review panel, and I have been designated to respond to you on this matter.
We understand that you attributed the foul odor to the Millstone plant oecause of an experience during your employment al. Electric Boat some years ago. At that time, you smelled a similar odor and were told it was due to radiation being mixed with river water.
That was misinformation.
Radiation released from nuclear facilities is at too low a level to cause smells.
The recent Millstone 2 reactor vessel head seal leak to the containment building, either in air or mixed with seawater, is not a potential source of the powerful odor you described.
We asked Millstone plant management to review evolutions which may have caused the smell you described.
They reviewed operating logs and activities such as system venting, diesel generator operations, sea water chlorination, and painting.
In addition, the Millstone licensee contacted Pfizer Incorporated, the New London Sewage Treatment Plant, and the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to see if an odor-causing evolution could be found.
No cause for the odor you described was identified. NRC resident inspector review of the licensee's investigation resulted in inspector agreement with the conclusion that the described smell did not ort-ginate from Millstone.
l My checks with individuals in this office have confirmed that, in our experience with nuclear power plants, we are aware of no occurrences of powerful foul smells being produced onsite and carried to offsite locations.
From my telephone discus-sion with you on May 19, 1988, I realize that you are well aware of nc 3al river and seawater smells and that the powerful odor you encountered was quite different, On the other hand, our checks have not identified any foul smell source at Mill-stone.
In our discussions with Millstone site management, we have also identified your i
concern about the Millstone public address system bothering people near the plant.
We understand this to be a past problem but not a present one.
The licensee is evaluating whether any action on their part is needed to address this concern.
I hope that the information in this letter is responsive to your concerns. Also, I understand that Millstone site management has been in contact with you and that the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection is addressing your concern about the odor.
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9 Thank you for bringing your -oncerns to our attention.
If you have more informa-tion or questions for the NRC, - leuse contact me or the resident inspectors.
Sincerely, a e Au, Ebe C. McCabe, Jrw
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US ALLENDALE MoAD KINO OF PRUS$1 A, PENNSYLVANIA 1H06 WAY : 6 1988 Docket Nos. 50-245; 50-336; 50-423 Mr. H. John Lloyd 17 Division Street Waterford, Connecticut 06335
Dear Mr. Lloyd:
1 This letter describes our folkw-up on your April 18, 1988 telephone call to the NRC resident inspectors' office at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station. You then expressed concern that radiation in water discharged from Millstone had caused a fr 1, metallic odor at your home in the Jordan Cove area from about 2-6 p.m. o, A.il 17, 1988.
Your concern has been reviewed by the NRC Region I allegation creview panel, and I have been designated to respond to you on this matter.
We understand that you attributed the foul odor to the Millstone plant because of an experience during your employment at Electric Boat some years ago. At that time, you smelled a similar odor and were told it was due to radiation being mixed with river water. Tha+ was misinformation.
Radiation released from nuclear facilities is at too low a level to cause smells. The recent Millstone 2 reactor vessel head seal leak to the containment building, either in air or mixed with seawater, is not a potential source of the powerful odor you described.
We asked Millstone plant management to review evolutions which may have caused the smell you described.
They reviewed operating logs and activities such as system venting, diesel generator operations, sea water chlorination, and painting.
In addition, the Millstone licensee contacted Pfizer Incorporated, the New London Sewage Treatment Plant, and the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to see if an odor-causing evolution could be found. No cause for the odor you described was identified. NRC resident inspector review of the licensee's investigation resulted in inspector agreenent with the conclusion that the described smell did not ort-ginate from Millstone.
My checks with individuals in this office have confirmed that, in our experience with nuclear power plants, we are aware of no occurrences of powerful foul smells l
being produced onsite and carried to offsite locations.
From my telephone discus-sion with you on May 19, 1988, I realize that you are well aware of normal river and seawater smells and that the powerful odor you encountered was quite different.
I On the other hand, our checks have not identified any foul smell source at Mill-j
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In our discussions with Millstone site management, we have also identified your concern about the Millstone public address system bothering people near the plant.
We understand this to be a past problem but not a present one.
The licensee is evaluating whether any action on their part is needed to address this concern.
I ho;4 that the information in this letter is responsive to your concerns. Also, I understand that Millstone site management has been in contact with you and that the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection is addressing your concern about the odor, l
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Thank you for bringing your concerns to our. attention.
If you have more informa-tion or questions for the NRC, please contact me or the resident inspectors.
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