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Dick Dubiel, CHP was interviewed via telephone by Greta Van Susteren of Fox News on March 15 about the nuclear accident at the Fukushiama Nuclear Facility. Dick is a Certified Health Physicist and has extensive experience in nuclear plant operations, emergency response and radiation protection. He was a key member of the team that lead the response to the accident at Three Mile Island, and was contacted for his insight on the situation at the troubled reactor site. The interview can be seen at:
Millennium Services is providing technical support and basewide radiological survey services at the Alameda Naval Air Station in support of disposition decisions for facilities and equipment. In the first phase of the project we developed the Work Plan and Task Specific Plans that prescribed the overall approach to the survey project, as well as the specific requirements for each survey area. We also developed the Standard Operating Procedures, and assisted in the development of the Sampling and Analysis, Accident Prevention, Site Safety Health and QA plans. The second phase of the project involved the performance of Scoping, Characterization, and Final Status Surveys of base facilities using the Surface Contamination Monitor / Survey Information Management System (SCM/SIMS) and conventional instrumentation. Additionally, we provided radiological support to remediation and waste handling activities and provided the Site Safety Officer. The final phase of the project is the generation of the final survey reports and presentation of results to the stakeholders. The team received a Safety Through Awards and Recognition (STAR) program award for outstanding safety performance during on site operations. This award is a notable achievement and awarded only to those companies which have demonstrated a corporate proactive safety posture throughout the life of their contract.
Millennium Services is assisting Bruce Power in a Radiation Protection Program improvement initiative. We are responsible for the identification of key program elements, development of a detailed work breakdown structure, resource loading and scheduling. We are also responsible for the development of upgraded programs and procedure documents, as well as technical basis documents. We are assisting Bruce Power in the Rezoning Project which will require the design and conduct of surveys to release large areas of the plant from the radiologically controlled area. Millennium has assisted in the development of the conceptual approach to the survey and is providing technical support to the planning phase of the project in conjunction with the RP Program improvement initiative. In addition to these efforts, Millennium personnel are serving in key site positions such as Radiation Protection Manager for the RESTART units 1 and 2.
MILLENNIUM ASSISTS TVA AT WATTS BAR Millennium Services supported TVA in the free release of the Watts Bar Unit 2 Containment and Annulus from the Unit 1 Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA) in order to allow unrestricted access during construction of Unit 2. Millennium Services was responsible for the design of the free release survey to demonstrate “indistinguishable from background” end state, development of the survey plan and detailed survey work packages, performance of radiological surveys using our Surface Contamination Monitor / Survey Information Management System (SCM / SIMS), review of surveys performed with conventional handheld instrumentation, development of reports for each survey area and generation of the final report. We also provided survey services associated with the free release of various materials and equipment. Millennium Services supported the plant by performing a SOER 2001-1, Unplanned Radiation Exposures, assessment of the Radiation Protection Program at TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Millennium Services, Inc. provided station management with a “hands-on”, forward-looking, detail oriented assessment of the RP program relative to the recommendations found in the INPO SOER, and developed specific plans to improve performance where applicable. The Site Vice President commended Millennium’s efforts, and all of the assessment recommendations were accepted.
MILLENNIUM CONTINUES WORK AT K-25 Millennium Services continues to provide support to RSI and Bechtel Jacobs at the ETTP site in Oak Ridge. Our personnel are currently supporting inventory management, characterization and sampling activities in building K-25. Previous support services have included radiological surveys of ground surfaces in and around the site for the purposes of site characterization. Walkover surveys were performed using NaI detectors along with a Global Positioning System (GPS). Our personnel also provided radiological screening of soil samples to identify sample locations with elevated quantities of radioactive contamination and to determine the specific depth of any contamination present.
Millennium Services assisted in the development of the Removal Action Report for buildings K-33, K-31 and K-29, and is involved with the reindustrialization effort for K-31 and K-33. We provide technical and project management support to the development of integrated Data Quality Objectives for the D&D of K-25. This effort included a targeted historical site assessment of radiological survey data (including NDA), the determination of additional data needs, and the evaluation of field measurements to support nuclear criticality incredibility determination at K-25.
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