Contact: last updated Sept 29, 2005
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
February 28, 2008
This is from the front page of today's Dodge City Daily Globe, of Kansas.
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February 16, 2008
This is from the front page of today's Dodge City Daily Globe, of Kansas.
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February 15, 2008
Wolf Creek tritium in Coffey County Lake
Wolf Creek releases radioactive liquid effluent (primarily tritium) into the Coffey County Lake. The lake water contains an average tritium concentration of approximately 13,000 picocuries per liter. During an inspection, NRC found that tritium was present in the plant's fire protection system as a result of using Coffey County Lake as a water supply. The inspector was unsure if the plant was required to treat the tritium in the fire protection system as if it was still licensed material. NRC this week published a "Regulatory Issue Summary" paper on the subject, declaring that the tritium from the lake is no longer considered licensed material, except for purposes of keeping concentration in the lake below maximum allowable, and for actions covered by decommissioning regulations. In addition to this lake water example, the document points out similar reasoning would apply to radioactive material released to atmosphere and then brought back to surface via rain or whatnot.
[Source: NRC Offices of NMSS and NRR, "Reuturn /re-use of previously discharged radioactive effluents", NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2008-03, February 13, 2008 -- ML072120368]
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