PNP 2013-016, 2012 ISFSI Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report

2012 ISFSI Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report

ML13059A319
Person / Time
Site:	Big Rock Point  File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	02/26/2013
From:	Gustafson O Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC/FSME
References
PNP 2013-016
Download: ML13059A319 (3)

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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

.Lnter 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043 Tel 269 764 2000 Otto W. Gustafson Licensing Manager PNP 2013-016 10 CFR 72.44 February 26, 2013 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

2012 ISFSI Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report Big Rock Point Dockets 50-1 55 and 72-043 License No. DPR-6

Dear Sir or Madam:

In accordance with 10 CFR 72.44(d)(3), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. is submitting the annual independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) radioactive effluent release report for Big Rock Point for the period from January 2012 through December 2012.

This letter contains no new commitments and no revision to existing commitments.

Sincerely, owg/bed

Attachment:

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report CC Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC BRP Decommissioning Inspector, USNRC NMSS Project Manager, USNRC

ATTACHMENT INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION ANNUAL RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENT RELEASE REPORT BIG ROCK POINT January 2012 - December 2012 I. FACILITY DESCRIPTION The Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is located within the owner-controlled area of the Big Rock Point (BRP) site. The storage of spent fuel at BRP meets the requirements of 10 CFR 72, and the Certificate of Compliance No.

72-1026, issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

II. EFFLUENT LIMITS AND CONTROLS The ISFSI operates under effluent control limits as required by 10 CFR 72.104.

However, the design of the sealed storage canisters at the ISFSI precludes any gaseous or liquid effluent releases.

III. RADIOLOGICAL EFFLUENT RELEASES As noted in Section II, by design, there are no radioactive liquid or gaseous effluents originating from the ISFSI facility. The annual radiological surveillance performed during this reporting period did not indicate any release of radioactivity from the ISFSI.

IV. ISFSI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM The BRP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) is described in the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM),Section I, Subsection 4.0. The ISFSI Environmental Monitoring Program, which is contained within the BRP REMP, consists of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) at four locations along the perimeter of the ISFSI site, and three control TLDs 10.5 to 12.6 miles from the site.

Quarterly TLDs are read quarterly, as reflected in Section VI. Quarterly measurements are compared to control measurements to evaluate compliance with 10 CFR 72.104. The results for the ISFSI TLDs and the control TLDs measured in 2012 are summarized in Section VI.

V. SAMPLE ANOMALIES None.

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VI. ISFSI ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS BRP ISFSI Environmental TLD Results (mR)

January 2012 - December 2012 TLD 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter No./Location BRP-18 / 137 meters NW of ISFSI 18 15 17 17 BRP-19 / 137 meters SW of ISFSI 20 17 21 19 BRP-20 / 137 meters SE of ISFSI 21 18 20 23 BRP-21 / 137 meters NE of ISFSI 17 16 17 17 Control Location - Petoskey BRP-05 18 15 16 18 Control Location - Boyne City BRP-06 20 17 17 21 Control Location - Ironton BRP-07 19 16 19 19 VII. CONCLUSIONS When compared to the control locations, it is evident that the dose from ISFSI operations during the reporting period does not exceed the limits as defined in 10 CFR 72.104.

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