ML20236J613

FOIA Request for All Documents Re 235 Gallon Discharge of Facility Radioactive Cooling Water on 870619,per Encl Newspaper Article

ML20236J613
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/22/1987
From:	Bauman L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC
References
FOIA-87-397 NUDOCS 8708060219
Download: ML20236J613 (3)

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT u % Con ecncut Avenue. N \V Sune 202 (20h232 M v.mmngton D C. 20036 I'

COiERNMFUT l.CCOUNTABI LITY PROJECT F.:J4EST GPFICE 134 E. h1SCONSIN AVENUE A P P LETOfi, WlSCONSIN 54911 -

IREE00M Of INFORMATION ,

NACT REQUEST l June 22, 1987 YOIMd7"dQ 0 t/640-1)  :

PREEDOft OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST i

1 Director Office of Administration J U.S. Iluclear Regulatory Commission

iashinqton, D.C. 20210 I

'70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552,) the Government. Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of an and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs-, calendern,

apes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, nstru:tions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphe, charts, i naps, ?hotographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, and any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and ar.y and all other records relevant to and or generated in connection with a 235 gallon discharge of radioactive cooling water from Unit 1 at the Point Beach nuclear power plant, on Friday, June 19th, 1987. (see article attached)

This r2 quest includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC offical,

" working" investigative or other files, or at any other. location, including private residences.

If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, '

and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after this request, plesse provide all surrounding records, including but j r.ot limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed ind/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to,

enerated in connection with and/or issued in order.to implement the 2 l

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C/sp requests thct f e r. r, be w a i vod , becau e "' ' rsli ng the i n f oren t. i on can be cc r.r.i dereo as prinarily benefitting t i.o a "1.o r a l public, "7U.S.C.

132 '- ( 4 ) ( 7: , GAP is a non profit, r,r.: p i r sa public intornst org:.r.; ;.a t ior. cor.ce rne ! wi t h hones t and c r o:' ac v e r:: men t . Through r.ublic outreach, the Project promotos wh ; r.t ! n). l c we r s as agents of government a cco ur.t a b i l i t y . Through it Envi ror. ental Whi stleblowe r Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens

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groups and interveners in the concern for safety a. nuclear power plants.

We are requesting this information as part of an ongoing monitoring project of the NRC's efforts to protect public health and safety at and near nuclear processing plantr and radioactive waste facilities.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the docu:r.cnts or portions of documents being withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each ekemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the' document withheld. This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen(I), 484 F.2d 620 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 '1974).

t We look forward to your response to this rea'uest within ten (10) workir.g days.

Sincerely, Q l$bh/

Linda Bauman FOIA Coordinator Midwest Office Enc. (as stated) cc: riuclear Reculatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Ill. 60137 cs 1

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l No danger j LwmsJ.4 '

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.nu <e mishap. . {

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l cials were taking water samples f rom Iake Mich: pan this weekend af ter thel discharge of radimetive cmling wa.  ;

ter finm the Pomt licach nuclear .)

pow er plant.

, llut nuclear <>fficials doubt the low-level radioactive water will pose any -

threats tu the environment .or . to.

peopic.

"In terms of health and safety, this ,

would rank a tero on a scale of 1 to .  ;

10," said Russ Masahito, a spokes.  ;

enan for the Nuclear Regulatory Com- I mic.sim regional ollice in Glen Ellyn, 111 ,

'Ibe power plant accidentally re- l leased 2.15 gallons of radimetive cml. ,  ;

ing water from ils Unit 1 reactor j liriday mormnt said Lisa Bes man, a .

Wnconsin Electiic Power Co. spokes-anan.

Sfg said the incident, which oc-curred at 8 AU a.m., was on ased by on impt oper olve setung.

"The radioactive water, ue.ed to cool '

the plant's fuel r@., was Gluted 'viih 3 5:nillion gations of clean take water '

. before it was discharged into~ Lake' j Michigan, Wtsconsin Electric offi-cials said.  !

Ilecause the f adioactive water was Jiluted, Larry Mcdonald, of the state

• Radiation Pretection Df vision, said:

'"We don't expect to fird any radl+

activity" in the lake.'

Shortly 2fter the discharge, David Stevens, coet gency plan coordinator -

sor the plant, noufied sheri!!'s de .-

pictments in Manitowoc and Ke I waunec ccs:'eiins, the state Depart.

inent of lienith and Social Services,I municipal water plants and emer-gency Rovernment officials m sur..

round.mg counties, es required by,j faleral law. 1 Mcdonald said the s' ate did not is-sue advlsorN4 to boaters, fishermen or swim:ners because it was cor:sid .

ered unnecessary. Fisherrnen corMa.

etd to fish nett ine area of the dis-charge throughout the day.

Derman said the company is con-ducting an inte nal inve ; ligation of th0 inculemi,191 has not deces minal if the accideat 7,0.1 c.'!ust .1 hy human

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