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Effluent Releases ANI - Update

AMERICAN. NUCLEAR. INSURERS. Mashantucket, CT June 2006. “ RETS – REMP WORKSHOP 2006”. Effluent Releases ANI - Update. William Wendland, P.E. American Nuclear Insurers Glastonbury, Connecticut USA. “RETS – REMP 2006". AMERICAN. NUCLEAR. INSURERS. Risk.

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Effluent Releases ANI - Update

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  1. AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Mashantucket, CT June 2006 “ RETS – REMP WORKSHOP 2006” Effluent Releases ANI - Update William Wendland, P.E. American Nuclear Insurers Glastonbury, Connecticut USA

  2. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Risk • Term is all inclusive, many components • Biological • Radiological • Financial • Corporate Liability • Others

  3. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Nuclear Liability Insurance Risk • $300 Million US Provided to Each US NPP Site • Protection Covers Operators & Suppliers Against Bodily Injury or Property Damage Caused by Nuclear Hazard • Losses Can Be Catastrophic or Non-Catastrophic • Claims Defense Costs Can Be Major Portion of Claim

  4. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Nuclear Liability Insurance Risk (Effluent Releases) • Increased Public Awareness of NPP Effluent Releases & Perception of Personal Risk • Public does not differentiate between Isotope of Cobalt and Tritium • 1 atom Co-60 ~ 1 atom of Tritium (perception) • NPP Releases Cause Harm ! (Perception)

  5. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Nuclear Liability Insurance Risk • Recent Global Risk Management Experience – Compliance with Applicable Jurisdictional Regulations does not always offer protection from future environmental liabilities • Facilities Can Mitigate Excessive Claims Defense Costs Through Evidence of Due Care and Proper Operation

  6. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS How • Proactive Contemporary Risk Management Principals (not necessarily regulatory driven) • Risk Minimization • High Quality Decisions • Balanced Effluent Release Program

  7. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS ANI Environmental Guidelines • Distributed March 1996 • 4 Principal Areas • Environmental Management • Effluent Release Management • Environmental Monitoring • Radioactive Materials Management

  8. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Environmental Management • Groundwater Monitoring (pp 24-25) • Experience • underground piping breaches • pond liner leaks • above ground tank & SFP leaks • On and Off-Site GW Contaminations

  9. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Environmental Monitoring - Experience • Many sites installed wells to monitor for leaks to groundwater at ANI request. • ANI Recommendations Underwriting Adjustments • Wells provided indication of piping, pond, tank or SFP integrity breaches

  10. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Recent Industry Experience • Recent Industry Experience • Challenging Public Confidence

  11. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Industry Initiative Objective • Improve management of situations involving inadvertent radiological releases to groundwater • Enhance trust and confidence on the part of local communities, States, the NRC and the public in the nuclear industry’s commitment to a high standard of public radiation safety and protection of the environment.

  12. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Industry Initiative Action Plan • Issued last Thursday 6/22/06 • July 31, 2006 Milestone • Voluntary Reporting Questionnaire • Implement Action Plan

  13. “RETS – REMP 2006" AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS Summary • ANI Supports the Industry Initiative and looks forward to its successful implementation.

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