ML20217F050
| ML20217F050 | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/26/1998 |
| From: | Blough A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mellor R CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9803310252 | |
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4 March 26, 1998 Russell A. Mellor Vice President - Operations and Decommissioning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099
SUBJECT:
NRC HISTORICAL REVIEW TEAM REPORT - RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND AREA CONTAMINATION ISSUES AT HADDAM NECK
Dear Mr. Mellor:
This letter refers O the special review conducted by various members of the NRC staff from October 1997 through January 1998 of activities authorized by NRC license No.
DPR-61 at the Haddam Neck Station, East Haddam, Connecticut. Specifically, the staff reviewed various events and operating practices, dating back to the issuance of your Facility Description and Safety Analysis in 1966, to better assess your radiological characterization and remediation efforts for decommissioning. The team reviewed historical radiological control and area contamination activities that may have resulted in contamination of the site or the environment, the release of radiological effluents, or the insufficient control of licensed material. The team also reviewed your configuration control practices and fuel performance history.
The NRC team's findings and observations are titled, "Haddam Neck Historical Team Report." We are enclosing a copy of the report for your use in the site characterization effort currently being performed by your staff. Your attention is specifically directed to the Executive Summary found on pages two through six of the report. The NRC team has concluded, based on current available information and dose assessments to date, that the conduct of licensed activities at the Haddam Neck Plant over the last 30 years did not result in any apparent radiation exposure to the public or environment in excess of the limits specified in 10 CFR Part 20. The scope and depth of the your staff's efforts to date 1
to review past radiological occurrences and assess significance were found to be appropriate and sufficiently comprehensive for the site radiological characterization. Future NRC inspections will continue to focus on the site radiological characterization activities.
In addition, the team concluded that the performance of NRC inspection activities at i
Haddam Neck, and the application of enforcement, was generally consistent with the agency's existing policy and practices that evolved over time. This team effort has provided the agency with improved information with which to review and evaluate your plans, procedures, and work activities to decommission the f acility and affected areas.
Although some items in the report appear to be potential violations of NRC requirements, this report does not address enforcement actions. These items are pending further review I
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and evaluation by the NRC. You will be notified in future correspondence of the results of our review regarding potential enforcement actions.
No reply to this letter is required. However, you may provide comments on any factual statements made in the report that you believa are not correct. If you intend to comment on the report, please notify Marie Miller (610-337-5205)of my staff within 30 days regarding your intent and when we may expect to receive your comments. Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
A. RANDOLPH BLOUGH A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No.: 50-213 License No.: DPR-61
Enclosure:
Haddam Neck Historical Review Team Report cc w/ encl:
D. Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer D. Goebel, Vice President - Nuclear Oversight F. Rothen, Vice President - Nuclear Work Services D. Amerine, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and Support L. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel G. van Noordennen, Manager, Nuclear Licensing R. Johannes, Director - Nuclear Training J. Smith, Manager, Operator Training W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer R. Bassilakis, Citizens Awareness Network J. Block, Attorney for CAN J. Brooks, CT Attorney General Office K. Ainsworth, Town of Haddam T. Concannon, NEAC State of Connecticut SLO l
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