ML20199B322

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Submits Corrections to Gaseous Release Values in Most Recent Annual Repts,Which Were Inflated by Three Orders of Magnitude.Gaseous Release Data Between 950101 & 971231 Were Recalculated & Correct Values Listed
ML20199B322
Person / Time
Site: Reed College
Issue date: 01/21/1998
From: Frantz S
REED COLLEGE, PORTLAND, OR
To:
NRC
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NUDOCS 9801280231
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w REED COLLEOE Portland, Oregon 97202 E 15 kiAt*f OR'l ACIbrrY January 21,1998

$18 TO: Alllloiders of Annual Reports from the Reed Reactor Facility l RE: Incorrect Oaseous Release Data for the Previous Two Years MEMORANDUM lt has come to our attention that the gaseous release values in our most recent annual reports have been inflated by three orders of magnitude. This is an unfortunate result of switching documents between different versions of the same software. The results should have been shown in >

microcuries xr milliliter (pCi/ml) but were reported in millicuries per milliliter (mci /ml). Gaseous

.clease data xtween January 1,1995 and December 31,1997 were recalculated and correct values

] are listed below. .

Table I contains the gaseous release data from the Reed Reactor Facility for the last two reporting periods.

Table I: Annual Gaseous Release Year pCUml Sep 1995 - Aug 1996 2.21 E 11 Sep 1996- Aug 1997 4.87 E 11 Table 11 contains release data and annual dose from the Reed Reactor Facility for the most recent ,

three calendar years. ,'

Table II: Calendar Releases and Doses Year pCVml Dose (mmm/ year) 1995 2.13 E 11 0.11 1996 1.38 E 11 0.07 l 1997 7.56 E 11 0.38 Data from Table I and Table 11 are different because Table I represents the academic year while Table 11 represents the calendar year. It should be noted that a majorit of our emissions is argon- .

41, although our facility experienced a fuel leak during Autumn of l4 ca the higher dose that / {j> 20 year is due to krypton and xenon. The annual dose is well below the mmm constraint listed in 10 CFR 20.1101(d).

The Reed Reactor Facility regrets any confusion the erroneous release numbers may have caused.

b 1 Ste en Frantz Director, Reed College Reactor jF*!88#1o?ggio, llLl .ll .I ,lill< .I .I PDR

a-3203 SE tt?odstock Blvd.. I'ortland. OR 97202 8199 Tel:(503)777 7222 Fax
(503) 777 7274 reactor @rced.edu

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