ML061070556

NRC e-mail from Steven West to Carey Brown Et Al; Action: Onsite Monitoring and Contamination Questionnaire

ML061070556
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	02/03/2006
From:	Khadijah West NRC/RGN-III
To:	Charles Brown, Phillips M Division Reactor Projects III
References
FOIA/PA-2006-0115
Download: ML061070556 (6)

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From: Steven West /2; ,,

To: Carey Brown; DRP Branch Chiefs; Monte Phillips Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 1:35 PM

Subject:

ACTION: Onsite Monitoring and Contamination Questionnaire As you neard in our morning meeting, external interest in the Braidwood tritium issue is heating up. We've have been asked to obtain baseline information concerning our licensees' ability to identify onsite contam nation from leaks and spills. Attached is a survey/questionnaire that Steve Orth prepared to help us gathar the needed information. To ensure that we are positioned to respond to expected internal and external requests for information, we need to act quickly.

Rick and Nick Shah are reviewing the survey and will develop an estimate of the time needed to complete it by the residents. I'll share their estimate with you later today.

In the mean time, you may want to send the survey to your resident staffs now and followup with the time estimate later. Our goal is to complete "Phase I" before the end of next week and "Phase II" soon after.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Steve CC: Anne Boland; Cynthia Pederson; Steven Orth

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I Anne Boland - Groundwater Monitoring QnAs.wpd Page 1 Anne Boland Groundwater Monitoring OnAs.wpd Page 1 LICENSEE QUESTIONNAIRE Onsite Radiological Effluent Monitoring Program Phase I (Near term response)

Yes No

1. Does the licensee have radioactive groundwater monitoring wells onsite? Q Q If YES: How many wells:

Where are they located (e.g., distributed around/throughout the site, in a pardicular region of the site and/or near particular buildings/structures, etc.)

(a.) within the Protected Area (b.) within the Radiologically Restricted Area (c.) within the owner-controlled area Qfl (d.) at what frequency does the licensee sample/analyze the wells (e.) for what radionuclides does the licensee monitor Gamma emitters (gamma Spec) 5 0 If Yes - at what MDA Tritium 5 5 If Yes - at what MDA Gross Beta 0 0 If Yes - at what MDA Other: _ 0 If Yes - at what MDA

2. If the licensee does NOT have an onsite radioactive groundwater monitoring program:

(a.) Does the licensee plan to implement a groundwater 0 0 monitoring program.

If Yes, when and to what extent:

(b.) Does the licensee plan to take other measures to assure they 0 0 can identify radioactive groundwater contamination

3. Does the licensee have a surveillance program to periodically walkdown 0 0 outsice areas around the site to look for potential leaks and spills?

4. Does the licensee perform any other onsite monitoring (e.g. soil 0 0 samp ing) to identify unexpected radioactive releases

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5. Does the licensee's radioactive liquid discharge line traverse any non-licensee owned areas (e.g., it is on a right-of-way surrounded by private properties)?

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6. If the licensee has a discharge pipe that runs underground or any g E underground piping that carries radioactive liquids, does the licensee perform monitoring along the discharge pathway to identify potential leakage.

If YES',

Hovv frequently is the sampling performed:

For What radionuclides does the licensee monitor:

Phase 11(Longer Term Response)

Yes No

7. Historical Onsite Radioactive Contamination:

(a.) DDes the licensee have any history of radioactive spills and/or leaks E E outside of buildings?

Are they documented in their 50.75g file El 0 (b.) Has the licensee identified onsite radioactive groundwater C C contamination.

If YES:

> When was it identified - IF known:

Dates:

Condition Report No:

(If available)

> To what extent - IF known [square footage, estimated ground depth of the contamination, estimated quantity (volume / concentration), etc.]

> Has the contamination moved outside the C:1 C Restricted Area or the owner-controlled area

8. Comments: