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Discusses Re Release of Radioactivity from Nuclear Power Reactor Proposed for Bodega Head.Aec Requires That Licensee Comply W/Encl 10CFR20 Regulation Stds for Protection Against Radiation
ML20235D049
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Site: 05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date: 10/25/1963
From: Price E
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Hayes P
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3' D1Jt:CTE Docket No. 50-205 0 C f c 5196.3 Miss Peggy Hayes 169 Ruse Street San Francisee, California

Dear Miss Hayes:

This replies to your letter of August 20, 1963 la which you asked several pestions senserates the release of radioactivity from auslaar pesar remetere sunk as that proposed for Bodega Head.

First, let me say that it is gutte diffleult la a brief letter te discuss adequately the breed prehlems obteh you have raised.

Neuever, I will try to respeed as helpfully as I am able.

The Atemde Energy Consdesten requires that asek licensee comply with the liedtstions of the Commission's regalatten,10 CFR Part

20. " Standards for Preteettaa Agelmet Radiatima", a copy of dich is enclosed. Under the terme of its license, the eenpeny operat.

Ang a remeter is required te' monitor each gamemes and 11guld wastes as might he generated darias operaties. The compsey is required to heap records of this somitoring program and these records are re.

viewed persedicatly by the Casadestem's Divistem of Compliance.

The caussiestem is free, of eeurse, to eenduet such addittamal tests as it might deem adviemble.

Prior to sammensenset of operaties, an applicant for license te can.

strust and operate a mesteer pouer reester, esadmets an estensive survey of the envireement surroundias the proposed reester site. This samy11ag of water, soil, and gegetatten helps to establish a " beek. A grened", uhtok weald saalede suoh radleestivity as usund have resulted to that date from weepens teettag by the 5mited States Govermeent and foreign governments.

With respect to reesters of the type proposed for somstructica at Bodega Emed, durtag messel operstiene the primary esastituent of the steek gas is air. There may be trees asemets of radienstive argen, memen, wrypten, and ledias. These gemeens offisants are regstred to be contimmenely monitored for radiometivity. Should a level of activity whtok ap. /

preaches the monisses esmeentratten perudasible under Part 20, and the ( ,

teries of the 11eense be attained, the gases usutd.he held up until j 4

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such time as the activity decayed to the point where the release would be withis neceptable limits. The values reflected la Part 20 are based on the meet recent recommendations of the National Committee se Radiation Protecties. Within these limits, ssecous effluents la the vicialty of a reactor could be breathed for a lifetime and 11guld affluests at the point of discharge could be drunk for a lifetime without endue risk to the person doing so.

You meta cast Radine 131 dooreases in radteactivity and taquire whether this doeresse sentinues after the Iodine 131 has reached the thyroid. Staes the half life of a radioisotope is a funds.

montal suelear W, such decrease continues at the same rate after the tedine has reached the thyroid as existed prior to its introduction into the body.

Reports of the ineresse la heckground due to weapons testings art made evallable to the public through periodic press releases med through neuthly reports lasued by the U. S. Public Health Service entitled, " Radiological Meelth Data". This publication is available i

by subearipties from the Superlatendent of Documsats Lteshington, D. C.

As I have stated aheve, the questions which you raise cannot be adequately treated in a brief letter. If you should visit Washington, we would be happy to talk with you about rediation and the safeguards which the Ateste Emergy Countestaa requires of licensees. Our Offices are at 4915 St. Rimo Avenue, Bethesda, Marytend.

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