Second Nuclear Reactor Point Lepreau New Brunswick Electronic Resource Report Of The Environmental Assessment Panel PDF Download

The Point Lepreau environmental monitoring program was established in 1978 to assess the environmental impacts of radioactive, thermal and chemical releases from the Point Lepreau N.B. Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Bay of Fundy. This report contains results from the seventh and eighth years of the operation phase of the program. Indicator species were identified at three primary locations at Point Lepreau and Digby, Nova Scotia and samples were collected from the marine, atmospheric, terrestrial and freshwater environment in the vicinity of the Point Lepreau station for radionuclide analysis. Levels measured in these samples were compared to pre-operational levels to assess the environmental implications of the operation of nuclear reactors in coastal regions and to determine various parameters associated with the long term transport of radionuclides.