Industry perspective on setting emissions limits

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (GEH-C) has operated a uranium dioxide fuel pelletizing plant and fuel bundle assembly facility in Toronto and Peterborough respectively, since the mid- 1960's. A primary operational objective is to ensure a consistently high degree of environmental protection, and to accomplish this requires properly established emission control limits. This paper will summarize the system of environmental and public protection constraints currently in place at GEH-C including derived emission limits, operational limits and action levels. It will discuss the basis of any values chosen and describe the methods used to calculate their magnitude. Perspectives on how to ensure operational effectiveness of these constraints will also be addressed. (authors)