ML101930027

2010/07/08-Email from Mary Lampert Regarding Commission Notification Relating to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

ML101930027
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	07/08/2010
From:	Uttal S NRC/OGC
To:	Abramson P, Burke T, Cole R, Gaukler P, Hollis S, Lampert M, Doris Lewis, Austin Young - No Known Affiliation, NRC/OGC, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
SECY RAS
References
06-848-02-LR, 50-293-LR, RAS J-254, RAS J-255
Download: ML101930027 (6)

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Uttal, Susan Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:53 PM Abramson, Paul; Cole, Richard; David Lewis; Docket, Hearing; Duxbury MA; Duxbury TownHall MacDonald; Mary Lampert; OCAAMAIL Resource; Paul Gaukler; Plymouth Townhall; Sheila Hollis; T. Burke; Young, Ann Harris, Brian; Jones, Andrea; Dreher, Michael; Regner, Lisa; Kim, James 07082010 Commission Notification Letter.pdf Dear Board and Parties;Attached please find a copy of a Commission Notification relating to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.Susan L. Uttal Senior Attorney Office of the General Counsel Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-1582 DOCKETED USNRC July 9, 2010 (8:00a.m.)

OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF 1~e~&>S~~ 0L13 OFFICE OF GENERAL CO UNITED STATES 0. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 THE July 8, 2010 LUNSEL Mr. David R. Lewis, Esq.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N. Street NW Washington, DC 20037-1137 Ms. Mary Lampert 148 Washington Street Daxbury, MA 02332

Dear Mr. Lewis and Ms. Lampert,

Enclosed please find a copy of a Commission notification relating to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1143.

Sincerely Susan L. Uttal, Senior Attorney Operating Reactors Division Office of the General Counsel cc w/ enclosure:

Service List UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 8, 2010 MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Jaczko Commissioner Svinicki Commissioner Apostolakis Commissioner Magwood Commissioner Ostendorff FROM: Joseph G. Guitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensi g Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

NOTIFICATION OF INFORMATION IN THE MATTER OF PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION In conformance with the Commission's policy on notification to the Commission regarding significant new information, this memorandum provides the following information.

The staff has been notified of elevated tritium levels in one of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's (PNPS) monitoring wells located near the condensate storage tank. The latest sample taken on June 21, 2010, returned a test result of 11,072 picocuries per liter. This is below the regulatory reporting requirements and the Environmental Protection Agency drinking water limits. To date, tritium is the only isotope that has been identified in the samples (samples are also tested for hard to detect isotopes such as strontium).

PNPS has increased the sampling frequency from quarterly to weekly and has established a formal investigation plan to determine the source of the activity.

Although the sample results are below the regulatory reporting requirements, we are providing this information because it may be an issue of public interest.

The staff is following this issue closely.This information will also be served on the parties to the proceeding currently pending before the Atomic Safety Licensing Board.Docket No. 50-293 cc: Distribution via Listserv ADAMS Accession No. ML101890045 CONTACT: James Kim, NRR/DORL 301-415-4125 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.(Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station))))))Docket No. 50-293-LR CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "COMMISSION NOTIFICATION RELATING TO PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail and by deposit in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, or, as indicated by an asterisk (*), by electronic mail and by deposit in the U.S. Mail system this 8th day of July, 2010.Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail:

Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Ann.Younpc.nrc.qov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (VIA INTERNAL MAIL ONLY)Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail:

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.Resourcecnrc..ov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Hearin-q.DocketO~nrc.aov Sheila Slocum Hollis*Duane Morris LLP Suite 1000 505 9th Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20004-2166 E-mail: sshollisOduanemorris.com Terence A. Burke, Esq.*Entergy Nuclear 1340 Echelon Parkway Mail Stop: M-ECH-62 Jackson, MS 39213 E-mail: tburkeDenter-qy.com Mary Lampert*148 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E- mail: mary.lampert(W-comcast.net David R. Lewis, Esq*.Paul A. Gaukler, Esq.Jason B. Parker Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1137 E-mail: david.lewis(cDpillsburylaw.com Town Manager*Town of Plymouth 11 Lincoln St.Plymouth, MA 02360 E-mail: marriqhi(,townhall.Plymouth.ma.us Chief Kevin M. Nord*Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Management Agency 668 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: nord(a.town.duxburv.ma.us Richard R. MacDonald*

Town Manager 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: macdonald(ctown.duxbury.ma.us Susan L. Uttal Counsel for the NRC Staff Received:

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