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Monitoring Maine Yankee II. Report 1988-1998 (1999)
| Author | Citizen's Monitoring Network |
| Date | May 1999 |
| Classification | 3.01.8.10/02 (UNITED STATES - SITES - NORTH EAST OTHER) |
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From the publication:
Report of the Citizens' Monitoring Network 1988-1998 INTRODUCTION: In November of 1979 an independent Citizens' Monitoring network (CMN), inspired by the accident at Three Mile Island, began observing ambient radiation levels in the area surrounding our neighbor, the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant (MY). A report describing these observations and correlating them with whatever information was available about concurrent activities at MY was published in 1988* The present report describes the next decade, from 1988 to 1998, of independent monitor alarms, high readings, and reported planned and unplanned radioactive releases. The information was gathered from Maine Yankee's own toll-free public information line, from the State of Maine Safety Inspector at the plant, from the Radiation Protection program of the Department of Human Services in Augusta, from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and from our own records. Our CMN radiation records are based on observations made with instruments of our own design and manufacture supplemented by monitoring instruments provided by the State Radiation Protection program. These instruments are stationed in homes within a ten-mile radius of the plant. Some stations are equipped with the original "black box" monitors, some with the monitors provided by the state, and some with both types of instrument.
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