Re: RADSAFE digest 3135

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

Well I left the NRC and they elimiated the good stuff.  I guess it really
was time to leave.

Don Kolsoff dkosloff@ncweb.com
2910 Main St,  Perry OH 44081-9593

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hardeman <Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: RADSAFE digest 3135


> Don -
>
> One minor correction - NRC used to publish the quarterly results of its
TLD monitoring program, but alas, a couple of years back, the NRC terminated
the program (probably the most cost effective program ever operated by the
federal government) due to lack of funds. So ... utility, state and NRC
intercomparisons are no more, unless done voluntarily by the utility and
state.
>
> Jim Hardeman
> Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
>
> >>> "D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com> 4/28/2000 18:07:16 >>>
> The utility that owns each plant is required to submit at least annually a
> written report to the NRC with the results of their environmental
sampling,
> discharges, and local radiation measurements.  These reports are available
> at the NRC Local Public Document Room (PDR) for the plant.  NRC
inspectors,
> sometimes accompanied by state personnel, also inspect utilitiy
> implementation of the sampling and measurement programs.  The inspection
> reports are also in the PDR.  The NRC TLD Direct Radiation Monitoring
> Network was established in 1979 to measure ambient radiation levels around
> NRC licensed facilities.  At each monitored facility, several TLD stations
> are placed side by side with those of the licensee to allow for
independent
> verification of the licensee's environmental radiation monitoring program.
> The results are published quarterly in NUREG-0837, "NRC TLD Direct
Radiation
> Monitoring Network".  I have an old issue (October-December 1994) right
now.
> It includes a map for each site showing where the TLD stations are and
what
> the quarterly radiation dose was at each.  For example at the Bolton farm
> (azimuth 240, 4.4 miles) the dose was 18 mrem.  On Route #9 (azimuth 330,
> 9.5 miles) the dose was 20 mrem (the highest reading for the monitored
> area).  The second highest dose was recorded on the TLD in Newark, DE
> (azimuth 319, 18.1 miles).  Most of the readings were between 11 and 16
> mrem.  The highest doses reported in the NUREG was 13 miles from Fort St.
> Vrain, Colorado at 32 mrem.  The range of recorded doses for the Ft. St.
> Vrain monitored area was 25 to 32 mrem.
>
> Did anyone ever ask the state of NJ if they have an annual (or more
> frequent) report of their radiation monitoring activities?


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