ML24025A034

Email: Mn DNR Background Information Related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

ML24025A034
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Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	11/27/2023
From:	Bedell J State of MN, Dept of Natural Resources
To:	Lloyd Desotell Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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From: Jessica Umana To: Jessica Umana

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RE: MN DNR background information related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Date: Monday, March 25, 2024 1:38:40 PM

From: Lloyd Desotell <Lloyd.Desotell@nrc.gov>

Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 8:44 AM To: Lloyd Desotell <Lloyd.Desotell@nrc.gov>

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FW: RE: MN DNR background information related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

From: Bedell, James (DNR) < james.bedell@state.mn.us>

Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 11:40 AM To: Lloyd Desotell < Lloyd.Desotell@nrc.gov>

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[External_Sender] RE: MN DNR background information related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Lloyd,

My Thanksgiving was a nice break from the daily grind, I hope you also had a nice break.

Below is a table with the permitted maximum volumes for each appropriation.

Permit # Permitted maximum volume per year 2008-0579 2 million gallons 1960-0601 13.3 million gallons 1966-1172 152,173 Million gallons 1971-0938 10,750 million gallons 1982-3117 4 million gallons

Thank you for the link, it did provide the information I was looking for.

If there is any other information, I can help with please let me know.

James Bedell Area Hydrologist l EWR

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 1035 S Benton Dr.

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Phone: 320-726-0978 james.bedell@state.mn.us mndnr.gov

From: Lloyd Desotell < Lloyd.Desotell@nrc.gov>

Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 7:23 AM To: Bedell, James (DNR) < james.bedell@state.mn.us>

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RE: MN DNR background information related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

James,

Thank you for the data and I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving. Would it be possible to get the maximum annual allocation for each of the permits?

Also, the below link to the NRC public website has some information regarding the tritium release.

https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/mont/tritium-and-effluent-release-issue.html#response

Regards,

Lloyd Desotell Environmental Scientist US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, HQ Office: (301) 415-5969

From: Bedell, James (DNR) < james.bedell@state.mn.us>

Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 4:29 PM To: Lloyd Desotell < Lloyd.Desotell@nrc.gov>

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[External_Sender] MN DNR background information related to Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Lloyd, That makes sense that there would be more appropriations from the river the closer you get to Minneapolis. draw from the river

The MN DNR has on record 5 water appropriation permits between the St. Cloud dam and the Crow River. Of those 5 permits only 3 of them have actively been appropriating water. Below is a table showing the locations and average water use over the last 12 years.

Permit # Location UTM Avg Volume 12 years 2008-0579 418185, 5030350 0 Agriculture 1960-0601 442722, 5016712 0 Agriculture 1966-1172 433425, 5020487 107.23BG Power cooling 1971-0938 429924, 5024083 6.20BG Power cooling 1982-3117 459292, 5010597 2.08MG Agriculture Of the permits that are active I have attached an excel sheet with a more detailed water use report for the last 10 years. If you need a longer timeline I can provide water use going back to 1988.

There no proposed new appropriations from the Mississippi River in the near future. As we discussed the Xcel coal power plant will be ceasing operation in the next couple of years. Due to this their water use will cease and Xcel is looking for partners that might want to utilize the water that they previously used.

We do not have any scaled down climate models at this time that would look at the Mississippi River in this watershed. Because of this only generalizations can be made on what the state of appropriations will be in the future. Generally Minnesota will receive more precipitation then we historically have. The timing of this precipitation will likely change to where the summer months will be drier and our spring and falls will be wetter. Some resources that the DNR has created are at the following websites.

https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/ewr/climatetrends/

https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/climateexplorer/main/historical https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/ewr/whaf2/

Please let me know if there is any other data, I can help you locate.

Thank you, James Bedell Area Hydrologist l EWR

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 1035 S Benton Dr.

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Phone: 320-726-0978 james.bedell@state.mn.us mndnr.gov