PNO-III-94-010, on 940216,licensee Announced Plan to Release Up to 1.5 Million Gals of Slightly Contaminated Water from Plant.Water Associated w/931225 Turbine Accident at Plant

PNO-III-94-010:on 940216,licensee Announced Plan to Release Up to 1.5 Million Gals of Slightly Contaminated Water from Plant.Water Associated w/931225 Turbine Accident at Plant

ML20203G973
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	02/16/1994
From:	Axelson W, Pederson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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References
PNO-III-94-010, PNO-III-94-10, NUDOCS 9712180274
Download: ML20203G973 (1)

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D;tos Fcbrutry 16, 1994 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-III-94-10 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of

( 'OSSIBLE safety or public interost significance. The information is as L altially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all chat is known by the Region III staff on this date.

Facility Ligensee Emercency Classification Detroit Edison Co. General L'mergency '# " 5 ',

Fermi 2 Site Area Emergency /)hg/ /

Newport; Michigan Alert mf / >;,'

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Docket No. 50-341 X Not Applicable 7 f!g j'. g

Subject:

NEWS MEDIA IMTEREST IN RELEASE OF SL7GHTLY CONTAMINATED WATER Cn February 16, 1994, the licensee announced it planned to release up to 1.5 million gallons of slightly contaminated water from the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant. The discharge into Lake Erie is expected to begin either February 17 or 18, 1994.

The water is associated with the December 25, 1993, turbine accident at Fermi 2.

The initial release of about 500,000 gallons would be from the Condensate Storage Tank. The release would provide needed storage capacity for water which accumulated in the plant as a result of the turbine accident.

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PNO-3-93-69 and 69A) This additional water, which totals

' bout 1 millions gallons, is in the turbine building basement and the

>ndenser hotwell. The water will be processed through filters and semineralizers prior to release or reuse in the plant.

The planned discharge is expected to be well within NRC release limits.

The Region III mobile laboratory it at the Fermi 2 site to perform independent measurements on the water to be released.

The principal radioactive isotopes of regulatory concern in the water being discharged are cesium-134 and -137. The concentrations are expected to be chout 10 percent of the NRC limits for these isotopes at the time of the release.

The State of Michigan and the Government of Canada were informed of the planned releases earlier in' February.~n%hp licensee briefed area news media on the planned release on February 15 and issued a news announcement on February 16. -

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There has been considerable news media, congressional, and public interest in the planned release. Canadian officials have also contacted Region III l for additional information.

l The information in this preliminary notification has been reviewed with licensee management.

This information is current as of 3:45 p.m. on February 16, 1994. -

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Cynthia Pederson William Axelson 708/829-9506 708/829-9800 ' +1 '

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