Does the NRC track Seabrook Stations emissions?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) maintains a network of thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TDLs) within a ten-mile radius of Seabrook Station. These devices are widely used around nuclear power plants because of their low cost. TLDs are passive, averaging monitors, read once every 90 days. TLDs, therefore, are also inadequate because they do not give real-time information about emissions. Additionally, interpretation of TLD data has been called into serious question. Accurate determination of radioactive release amounts from TLDs is probably impossible.
