ML17251A252

Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Rept,Jan-June 1988. W/880829 Ltr

ML17251A252
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	06/30/1988
From:	MECREDY R C ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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ACCELERATZD DISTRIBUTION DEMONSTRATION SYSTEMi1REGULATORY INFORMATXON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM(RXDS)ACCESSION NBR:8809080175

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88/06/30NOTARIZED:

NODOCKETgFACIL:50-244 RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,Rochester G05000244AUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATION MECREDY,R.C.

Rochester Gas&ElectricCorp.RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

SUBJECT:

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

2.0 SUPPLEMENTAL

INFORMATION 2.1REGULATORY LIMITS2.2MAXIMUMPERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS 2.3RELEASERATELIMITS2.4MEASUREMENTS ANDAPPROXIMATIONS OFTOTALRADIOACTIVITY 2.5BATCHRELEASES2.6ABNORMALRELEASES3.0SUMMARYOFGASEOUSRADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS

4.0 SUMMARYOFLIQUIDRADIOACTIVE

EFFLUENTS 5'SOLIDWASTE6.0LOWERLIMITOFDETECTION

7.0 RADIOLOGICAL

IMPACT8.0METEOROLOGICAL DATA9.0LANDUSECENSUSCHANGES10.0ANNUALTABULATION OFPERSONNEL EXPOSURE11.0LEAKTESTOFSEALEDSOURCES12.0CHANGESTOTHEOFFSITEDOSECALCULATION MANUAL13.0CHANGESTOTHEPROCESSCONTROLPROGRAM14.0MAJORCHANGESTORADWASTETREATMENT SYSTEMS

LISTOFTABLESTableTableTableTableTableTable1AGaseousEffluents

-GaseousSummation ofallReleasesJ1BGaseousEffluents

-Continuous andBatchReleases2ALiquidEffluents

-Summation ofallReleases2BLiquidEffluents

-Continuous andBatchReleases3SolidWasteandIrradiated FuelShipments 4ReleasePermitsNotMeetingLLDRecpxirements

1.0INTRODUCTION

ThisSemiannual Radioactive EffluentReleaseReportisforRochester GasandElectricCompany's R.E.Ginnaplantandissubmitted inaccordance withtherequire-mentsofTechnical Specification Section6.9.1.4.ThereportcoverstheperiodfromJanuary1,1988throughJune30,1988.Thisreportincludesasummaryofthecpxantities ofradioactive gaseousandlicpxideffluents andsolidwastereleasedfromtheplantpresented intheformatoutlinedinappendixBofRegulatory Guide1.21,Revision1,June1974.Allgaseousandliquideffluents discharged duringthisreporting periodwereincompliance withthelimitsoftheR.E.GinnaTechnical Specifications.

2.02.1SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ReulatorLimitsTheTechnical Specification limitsapplicable toreleaseofradioactive materialinliquidandgaseouseffluents are:2.F1FissionandActivation GasesTheinstantaneous doserate,ascalculated intheODCM,duetonoblegasesreleasedingaseouseffluents fromthesiteshallbelimitedtoareleaseratewhichwouldyield<500mrem/yrtothetotalbodyand<3000mrem/yrtotheskinifallowedtocontinueforafullyear.Theairdose,ascalculated intheODCM,duetonoblegasesreleasedingaseouseffluents fromthesiteshallbelimitedtothefollowing:

(i)Duringanycalendarquarterto<10mradforgammaradiation andto<20mradforbetaradiation.

2'.2Radioiodine TritiumandParticulates Theinstantaneous doserate,ascalculated intheODCM,duetoradioactive materials releasedingaseouseffluents fromthesiteasradioiodines, radioactive materials inparticulate form,andradionuclides otherthannoblegaseswithhalf-lives greaterthan8daysshallbelimitedtoareleaseratewhichwouldyield<1500mrem/yrtoanyorganifallowedtocontinueforafullyear.

I' 2.1.3Thedosetoanindividual, ascalculated intheODCM,fromradioiodine, radioactive materials inparticulate formandradionuclides otherthannoblegaseswithhalf-lives greaterthaneight.daysreleasedwithgaseouseffluents fromthesiteshallbelimitedtothefollowing:

(i)Duringanycalendarquarterto<7.5mremtoanyorgan.(ii)Duringanycalendaryearto<15mremtoanyorgan.LiuidEffluents Thereleaseofradioactive liquideffluents shallbesuchthattheconcentration inthecirculating waterdischarge doesnotexceedthelimitsspecified inaccordance withAppendixB,TableII,Column2andnotestheretoof10CFR20.Fordissolved orentrained noblegasesthetotalactivityduetodissolved orentrained noblegasesshallnotexceed2E-4uCi/ml.Thedoseordosecommitment toanindividual ascalcu-latedintheODCMfromradioactive materials inliquideffluents releasedtounrestricted areasshallbelimited:2.2(i)Duringanycalendarquarterto<1.5mremtothetotalbodyandto<5mremtoanyorgan,and(ii)Duringanycalendaryearto<3mremtothetotalbodyandto<10mremtoanyorgan.MaximumPermissible Concentrations MPC2.2'2Forgaseouseffluents, maximumpermissible concentrations arenotdirectlyusedinreleaseratecalculations sincetheapplicable limitsarestatedintermsofdoserateattheunrestricted areaboundary.

Forliquideffluents, themaximumpermissible concen-trationvaluesspecified in10CFR20,AppendixB,TableII,column2areusedtocalculate releaseratesandpermissible concentrations attheunrestricted areaboundary.

Avalueof2E-04uCi/mlisusedastheMPCfordissolved andentrained noblegasesinliquideffluents.

2.3AveraeEner2.4Theaverageenergyoftheradionuclide mixtureoffissionandactivation gasesreleasedduringthetimeperiodofthisreportwas0.285Mev.Measurements andAroximations ofTotalRadioactivit Gammaspectroscopy wastheprimaryanalysismethodusedtodetermine theradionucl idecomposition andconcen-trationofgaseousandliquideffluents.

Composite sampleswereanalyzedforSr-89,Sr-90andFe-55byacontractlaboratory.

Tritiumandalphaanalysisweredoneusingliquidscintillation andgasflowproportional countingrespectively.

Thetotalradioactivity ineffluentreleasewasdeter-minedfromthemeasuredconcentration ofeachradio-nuclidepresentandthetotalvolumeofeffluents released.

2.5BatchReleases2~5~1~Liuid1~2~3~4~5.6~Numberofbatchrelease:Totaltimeperiodforbatchreleases:

Maximumtimeperiodforabatchrelease:Averagetimeperiodforbatchreleases:

Minimumtimeperiodforabatchrelease:Averagestreamflow(LPM)duringperiodsofeffluentreleasesintotheflowingstream:4.51E+023.80E+04min3.63E+03min8.4E+01min1.4E+01min1.07E+062.5.2Gaseous1~2~3~4~5.Numberofbatchreleases:

Totaltimeperiodforbatchreleases:

Maximumtimeperiodforabatchrelease:Averagetimeperiodforbatchreleases:

Minimumtimeperiodforabatchrelease:1.4E+016.28E+03min7.47E+02min4.48E+02min2.47E+02min J

2'AbnormalReleases3.0Therewerenoabnormalreleasesofliquidorgaseouseffluents duringthereporting period.SUMMARYOFGASEOUSRADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS Thequantities ofradioactive materialreleasedingaseouseffluents aresummarized intableslAand1B.Allreleaseswereconsidered tobeelevatedreleases.

4'SUMMARYOFLIQUIDRADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS Thequantities ofradioactive materialreleasedinliquideffluents aresummarized intables2Aand2B.5.06.0SOLIDWASTESThequantities ofradioactive materialreleasedinshipments ofsolidwastetransported fromthesiteduringthereporting periodaresummarized intable3.Principal nuclidesweredetermined bygammaspectroscopy andnon-gamma emitterswerecalculated fromscalingfactorsdetermined byanindependent laboratory fromrepresentative samplesofthatwastetype.LOWERLIMITOFDETECTION NOTMETTherewere5liquidreleasesforwhich1ormoregammaemittingradionuclide forwhichtheLLDspecification applieswhichdidnotmeettherequiredlowerlimitfordetection.

Thesearelistedbyreleasenumberintable4~7'8.09.010'RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTAnassessment, ofdosestothemaximally exposedindivi-dualfromgaseousandliquideffluents willbeperformed andreportedintheJuly-December, 1988Semi-Annual Reportfortheyearof1988.METEOROLOGICAL DATANotapplicable forthisreport.LANDUSECHANGESNotapplicable forthisreport.ANNUALTABULATION OFPERSONNEL EXPOSUREThisdatawillbeinthereportissuedforJuly-December, 1988.

C LEAKTESTOFSEALEDSOURCESNosealedsourceswerefoundtobeleakingwhensmearedbybothwetanddrysmears.CHANGESTOTHEOFFSITEDOSECALCULATION MANUAL(ODCM)TherewerenochangestotheODCMduringthereportperiod.CHANGESTOTHEPROCESSCONTROLPROGRAM(PCP)TherewerenochangestothePCPduringthereporting period.IntheAugust29,1987Semi-Annual EffluentReport,achangeinthepHforsolidification wasnotedwithoutanegativeimpactstatement.

Testshadbeenconducted onthesolidified productpriortothatdateandtherehasbeennochangeintheintegrity ofthefinalsolidified mass.MAi7ORCHANGESTORADWASTETREATMENT SYSTEMSTherewerenomajorchangestotheRadwasteTreatment Systemsduringthereporting period.

Table1AXPlXOENTANDHASTEDISPOSALSEKDZNU2LL REPORTGASEOUSEFFLUENTS

-SUMMATION OFALLRELEASESJanuary1-June30,1988Unit)Quarter]Quarter)Est.Total)Error4A.Fission&activation gases1.TotalreleaseCi1.90E+015.45E+007.OE+002.AveraereleaserateforerioduCisec2.42E+006.93E-013.Percentoftechnical secification limit02.3E-046.5E-05B.Iodines1.Totaliodine-131 2.AveraereleaserateforeriodCi2.64E-031.77E-044.3E+01uCisec3.36E-042.25E-053.Percentoftechnical secification limit>5.9E-013.1E-01C.Particulates 1.Particulates withhalf-lives

)8das2.AveraereleaserateforeriodCi1.28E-052.73E-064.3E+01uCisec1.63E-063.47E-073.Percentoftechnical secification limit>1.2E-042.6E-05Ci4.51E-073.23E-084.Grossalharadioactivit D.TritiumCi3.84E+015.86E+Ol3.2E+001.Totalrelease2.AveraereleaserateforerioduCisec4.88E+007.45E+003.Percentoftechnical secification limit45.7E-048.8E-04

TablelBEFEXZlENT ANDWASTEDISPOSALSEMIANNUAL REPORTGASEOUSEFFLUENTS

-ELEVATEDRELEASENuclidesReleased1.Fissiongaseston-85ton-85mton-87kton-88xenon-133 xenon-135 xenon-135m xenon-138 Otherssecifaron-41xenon-131m CONTINUOUS MODEBATCHMODEUnituarterarteruarterarterCiCi1.63E-023.63E-02Ci2.49E-025.92E-02Ci3.40E-027.91E-02Ci7.14E+002.15E+002.42E+001.87E-01Ci8.51E+001.54E+006.91E-023.84E-03Ci2.79E-015.92E-01Ci1.11E-012.07E-01Ci2.10E-Ol4.58E-Ol8.95E-026.27E-02Ci3.21E-027.71E-021.61E-03xenon-133m Ci2.10E-02Totalforeriod2.Iodinesiodine-131 iodine-133 iodine-135 Totalforeriod3.Particulates strontium-89 strontium-90 cesium-134 cesium-137 barium-lanthanum-140 Otherssecifunidentified Ci1.64E+Ol5.20E+002.58E+002.54E-OlCi9.86E-061.08E-051.44E-05Ci2.40E-031.66E-042.20E-04CiCi2.41E-031.77E-042.34E-04CiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiNote:Isotopesforwhichnovalueisgivenwerenotidentified inapplicable releases.

• Samplesentoutforanalysisbutresultsnotyetreceived.

Dataforidentified isotopeswillbeincludedwithnextsemi-annual reportforJuly-December, 1988.

'll'h'1 Table2AEFFIDENTANDMSTEDISPOSALZZQUID1WKIJ1WIS

-SUMMATION OFALLREZZASESJanuary1-June30,1988JUnit)Quarter[QuarterJEst.Total[

A.Fissionandactivation products(1.Totalrelease(notincluding tritium,sesalha(2.Averagedilutedconcentration duriod3.PercentofalicablelimitB.Tritium1.Totalrelease[2.Averagedilutedconcentration duriod3.PenentofalicablelimitC.Dissolved and,entrained gases1.Totalrelease)2.Averagedilutedconcentration duriod3.PercentofalicablelimitD.Grossalpharadioactivity l.TotalreleaseCi9.86E-031.45E-02l.lE+OlIIIuCiml8.57E-ll8.73E-ll3.6E-031.2E-02Ci1.69E+024.53E+Ol3.2E+00IIIIuCiml1.47E-062.72E-074.9E-029.1E-03Ci1.93E-042.33E-033.4E+01IIIIuCiml1.68E-121.40E-ll1.7E-061.4E-05CiE.Volumeofwastereleasedriortodilutionliters2.41E+072.59E+075.0E+00F.Volumeofdilutionwateruseddur'odliters1.15E+ll1.66E+115.0E+00

Table2BEFFLUENTANDHASTEDISPOSALSEMIANNUAL REPORTLIQUIDEFFLUENTS CONTINUOUS MODEBATCHMODENuclidesReleasedUnituarteruarteruarteruarter1'1'strontium-89 strontium-90 cesium-134 cesium-137 iodine-131 cobalt:-58 cobalt-60 iron-59zinc-65mananese-54'hromium-51 zirconium-niobium-95 molbdenum-99 technetium-99m barium-lanthanum-140 cerium-141 CiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCi*1.13E-04**4.51E-05*1.14E-041.19E-042.03E-036.04E-043.06E-043.17E-043.28E-031.52E-037.58E-075.67E-066.23E-043.62E-037.53E-071.35E-076.78E-041.80E-043.00E-053.70E-073.41E-047.92E-045.36E-056.61E-052.70E-043.20E-054.57E-052.25E-058.83E-05Othersecifiodine-133 iodine-135 iron-55silver-110m unidentified TotalforeriodaboveCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCi3.27E-062.00E-051.03E-035.43E-033.37E-061.70E-057.40E-041.62E-03*2.47E-05*1.14E-044.58E-044.79E-049.40E-031.40E-02xenon-133 xenon-135 CiCi6.91E-051.47E-031.24E-048.55E-04NOTE:Isotopesforwhichnoapplicable releases.

valueisgivenwerenotidentified in*Sample-sent outforanalysisbutresultsnotyetreceived.

Dataforidentified isotopeswillbeincludedwithnextSemi-Annual ReportforJuly-December, 1988.

PI, Table3EFFLUENTANDWASTEDISPOSALSEMIANNUAL REPORTSOLIDWASTEANDIRRADIATED FUELSHIPMENTS A.SOLIDWASTESHIPPEDOFFSITEFORBURIALORDISPOSAL(Notirradiated fuel)1.Teofwaste]a.Spentresins,filtersludges,evaoratorbottomsetc.)b.Drycompressible waste,con-taminated eietc.)c.Irradiated components, controlrodsetc.(d.Other(describe) 6-month(Est.TotalUnitPeriodError4mI1466E+OlI2E+00Ci1.68E+025E+00m)3.12E+01(2E+00Ci1.25E+015E+00mCimCi2.Estimateofmajornuclidecomposition (bytypeofwaste)a.Cobalt-60 Iron-55Cesium-137 Hdroen-3Nickel-63 Cesium-134 5.33E+014.70E+001.01E+012.62E+001.88E+011.07E+01b.Cobalt-60 Iron-55Nickel-63 Cesium-137 2.76E+015.36E+Ol1.12E+018.00E+003.SolidWasteDisposition NumberofShimentsModeofTransortationDestination HighwayVehicleBarnwell, SCB.IRRADIATED FUELSHIPMENTS (Disposition)

NumberofShimentsModeofTransortationDestination None I

Table4RELEASEPERMITSNOTMEETINGLLDREQUIREMENTS No.DateIsotoesCause121I2/13/88177I3/1/8825813/18/88432I6/2/88487I6/17/88Ce-141Fe-59,Zn-65,Cs-137,Ce-141Fe-59,Zn-65,Ce-141Ce-141Co-58,Fe-59,Zn-65,Ce-141a~a~a~a~a~a.Activityfromotherisotopescausedanincreased background resulting intheLLDcalculation exceeding 5E-07uCi/mlforthelistedisotopes.

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DearSirs:

ThisSemi-Annual Radioactive EffluentReleaseReportisbeingforwarded toyouinaccordance withtherequirements ofTechnical Specification Section6.9.1.4.Verytrulyyours,xcoMr.WilliamT.RussellRegionalAdministrator U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Region1475Allendale RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406RobertC.Meredy 0P4