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The Office of Nuclear Safety
Starting in 1972, Maine Yankee produced electricity in Wiscasset, Maine. In 1986 the Maine legislature passed legislation creating the State Nuclear Safety Inspector, a full time position located at the plant. In August of 1997 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company decided to permanently shutdown the reactor and begin decommissioning activities. In 1998 the Maine legislature passed legislation to fund an additional technical position at the plant. This was to help the State Inspector with the increased activity expected during the decommissioning, regarding contractor oversight and environmental surveillance of the site. In April of 2000 the Maine State Legislature passed the most stringent Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning regulations [public law chapters (739) and (741)] in the nation. These new standards required the site to be cleaned up to no more than 10 millirem per year to the average member of the most exposed group of people who could inhabit the site. There is also a separate requirement that any dose from groundwater be limited to no more than 4 millirem/year.
Aerial view of the former Maine Yankee plant Movie of Turbine Bldg demolition
The State Nuclear Safety Inspector also completes monthly reports to the Maine Legislature, since the June 29, 2008 adoption of 22 MRSA subsection 666, that can be found here: (with all attachments)
Monthly Reports to the Legislature
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
January 2011 (1.5 Mb) | January 2012 (4.7 Mb) | January 2013 |
February 2011 (1.7 Mb) | February 2012 (4.8 Mb) | February 2013 |
March 2011 (1.5 Mb) | March 2012 (2.9 Mb) | March 2013 |
April 2011 (3.0 Mb) | April 2012 (4.7 Mb) | April 2013 |
May 2011 (3.5 Mb) | May 2012 (7 Mb) | May 2013 |
June 2011 (3.3 Mb) | June 2012 | June 2013 |
July 2011 (4.8 Mb) | July 2012 | July 2013 |
August 2011 (2.2 Mb) | August 2012 | August 2013 |
September 2011 (3.5 Mb) | September 2012 | September 2013 |
October 2011 ( 4.4 Mb) | October 2012 | |
Novermber 2011 (1.7 Mb) | November 2012 | |
December 2011 (2.9 Mb) | December 2012 |
Additional Reports
Office of Nuclear Safety |
Oversight Activities |
Annual Report 2008 | Annual Report 2008 |
Annual Report 2009 | Annual Report 2009 |
Annual Report 2010 | Annual Report 2010 |
Annual Report 2011 | Annual Report 2011 |
Annual Report 2012 | Annual Report 2012 |
Annual Report 2013 | Annual Report 2013 |
Annual Report 2014 | Annual Report 2014 |
Annual Report 2015 | Annual Report 2015 |
Annual Report 2016 | Annual Report 2016 |
Annual Report 2017 | Annual Report 2017 |
Annual Report 2018 |
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Information on High Level Waste
Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants (NRC)
Maine Department of Environmental Protection Maine Yankee page