ML103610258
| ML103610258 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Erwin |
| Issue date: | 12/22/2010 |
| From: | Kevin Ramsey NRC/NMSS/FCSS |
| To: | Modica L Sierra Club |
| Kevin Ramsey NMSS/FCSS/FMB 301-492-3123 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML103610258 (3) | |
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Ramsey, Kevin Sent:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:45 AM To:
LC M Cc:
Buzz Davies; Barbara O'Neal; Park, James; Habighorst, Peter; Vias, Steven
Subject:
RESPONSE: 19 Nov 2010 questions re NFS Biannual Effluent Monitoring Reports Attachments:
Response to LModica 2010-11-19.docx Responses to your questions are attached. Sorry about the delay. Its a challenge to get things done during the holidays.
Merry Christmas, Kevin M. Ramsey Senior Project Manager Fuel Manufacturing Branch U.S. NRC 301-492-3123 From: LC M [1]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:59 PM To: Ramsey, Kevin Cc: Buzz Davies; Barbara O'Neal; Park, James; Habighorst, Peter; Vias, Steven
Subject:
RE: RESEND of 19 Nov 2010 questions re NFS Biannual Effluent Monitoring Reports Thanks, Kevin.
Looking forward to understanding NFS's Biannual Effluent Monitoring Reports -- finally.
Linda.
Linda Cataldo Modica, Chair Fuel Facilities Working Group Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Activist Team 266 Mayberry Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 (423) 676-2925 b.75@live.com From: Kevin.Ramsey@nrc.gov To: b.75@live.com CC: buzzd@comcast.net; barbaraoneal@embarqmail.com; James.Park@nrc.gov; Peter.Habighorst@nrc.gov; Steven.Vias@nrc.gov Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:05:38 -0500
Subject:
RE: RESEND of 19 Nov 2010 questions re NFS Biannual Effluent Monitoring Reports
Sorry about the lack of acknowledgement. Region II has been helping research the answers to your questions. The Thanksgiving holiday caused some delays, but we should have a response soon.
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:19 PM To: Ramsey, Kevin Cc: Buzz Davies; Barbara O'Neal; Park, James; Habighorst, Peter; Vias, Steven
Subject:
RESEND of 19 Nov 2010 questionsl re NFS Biannual Effluent Monitoring Reports
- Kevin, Since you haven't acknowledged receipt of my Nov. 19th email, I am resending it in the event my previous message didn't reach your inbox.
Thank you, in advance, for your reply to the questions posed below.
- Regards, Linda.
From: b.75@live.com To: kevin.ramsey@nrc.gov
Subject:
Questions re NFS Effluent Monitoring Reports Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:34:49 -0500
- Kevin, Nuclear Fuel Services' Effluent Monitoring Reports (EMR), including the latest, have raised questions that I hope you can answer.
Specifically,
- 1. Can NRC explain the meaning of the negative "activity concentrations", negative "quantities released" (measured in curies & in grams) and negative "fractions of ECL" that NFS reports in its Effluent Monitoring Reports?
- 2. Can NRC explain why the total volume of each of the radionuclides that NFS discharged through its WWTF was uniform in all of its Effluent Monitoring Reports, from 2000 to the present, except in ML060590265 (for the period July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005) where the total volume of effluents varied?
- 3. Has the NRC ever independently verified that NFS Effluent Monitoring Reports accurately account for the actual volume and activity concentration of each radionuclide discharged to water by NFS? If so, when?
- 4. Has TDEC ever independently verified that NFS has not exceeded the limits set in 10 CFR Part 20 for each of the radionuclides discharged to offsite water by NFS? If so, when?
- 5. When NFS reports that the same number of millions of liters of each radionuclide is being discharged, does that mean to imply that the same volume of each radionuclide is being discharged, or that each radionuclide is being discharged as a fraction of the total volume of liquid effluents?
- 6. If the latter is the case, why did the quantity of each radionuclide discharged from the WWTF vary in the EMR for the second half of 2005?
Looking forward to your reply, Linda.
Linda Cataldo Modica, Chair Fuel Facilities Working Group Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Activist Team 266 Mayberry Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 (423) 676-2925 b.75@live.com