ML20245J734
| ML20245J734 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png |
| Issue date: | 07/24/1989 |
| From: | Heward R SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORP. |
| To: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| C301-89-2015, SNEC-89-0065, SNEC-89-65, NUDOCS 8908180167 | |
| Download: ML20245J734 (2) | |
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SAXTON NUCLEAR. EXPERIMENTAL. CORPORATION eE G E N E R A L P U B LIC' UTILITIE S SYSTEM G
,P SNEC Jersey Central Power & Light Company Pennsylvania Electric Company Metmpolitan Edison Company FE JC TELEPHONE:
MAILING ADDFIESS:
i 1 Upper _ Pond Road (201) 316-7000 July 24 1989 Parsippany, NJ 07054 g
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Dr. Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief
- Facilities Radiological Safety
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and Safeguards Branch U.S. Nuclear-Regulatory Commission Region I 475 Allendale Road l
King'of. Prussia, PA 19406 Dear Dr. Bellamy Saxton Nuclear Facility Operating License No. DPR-4 Docket No. 50-146 Aerial vs. Ground-based Radiological Soil Survey I,
We are.in receipt of your letter of June 27, 1989, which responded to our
' letter of May 22, 1989. The purpose of this letter is to provide the confirmation you' requested concerning the radiological aerial overflight j
survey.
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I The radiological aerial overflight survey being conducted by.the EG&G Aerial
.j Measurements Laboratory is the most sophisticated and sensitive environmental
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tool available to perform the radiological survey of the Saxton Facility and j
surrounding area. The specially equipped helicopter used for this task is the only one of its kind. The low-level flight paths used in this survey - 100 feet above the surface - will enable the detection of two (2) millicuries of radionuclides above background per square kilorratu -
In addition, detailed multiple mapping of data will be performed by EG&C.ba.9d on the results of this overflight.. Contour maps depicting radiation dose rate.', Cesium 137 concentrations and the concentrations of other man-made radioisotopes will be produced from the overflight data.
Also, the aerial overflight will not encounter the same physical obstacles that a ground-based survey would, such as trees or private property boundaries.
It should also be noted that the aerial h
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overflight will cover a much larger area than that which would have been covered by the ground-based survey. The report resulting from the aerial
- overflight will' include survey data, maps and specific information such as the estimated depth of penetration in various geologic materials.
JNEC/GPUN management believes that the data and maps which will result from the aerialioverflight.will provide much more useful information than that which
- would have been obtained from the previously proposed ground-based radiological
' survey.
L If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Mr. John Auger at (201) 316-7966.
Sincerely, R. W. Heward, Jr.
President RWH/JCA/cg cca A. Adams - NRC C. Cowgill - NRC W. Pasciak - NRC F. Young - NRC l
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