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
2008	2009	2010
July 2008	January 2009 (1Mb)	January 2010 (1.8 Mb)
August 2008	February 2009 (1 Mb)	February 2010 (3.1 Mb)
September 2008	March 2009 (1 Mb)	March 2010 (5.9 Mb)
October 2008	April 2009 (1.3 Mb)	April 2010 (7.2 Mb)
November 2008	May 2009 (1.5 Mb)	May 2010 (6.8 Mb)
December 2008	June 2009 (1.5 Mb)	June 2010 (5.8 Mb)
	July 2009 (1.6 Mb)	July 2010 (9.1 Mb)
	August 2009 (1.2 Mb)	August 2010 (5.8 Mb)
	September 2009 (1.3 Mb)	September 2010 (11 Mb)
	October 2009 (1.5 Mb)	October 2010 (2.5 Mb)
Brief History	November 2009 (2.1 Mb)	November 2010 (1.7 Mb)
Glossary of terms	December 2009 (7.2 Mb)	December 2010 (1.5 Mb)

Monthly Reports to the Legislature

2011	2012	2013
January 2011 (1.5 Mb)
February 2011 (1.7 Mb)
March 2011 (1.5 Mb)
April 2011 (3.0 Mb)
May 2011 (3.5 Mb)
June 2011
July 2011
August 2011

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