ML031500478
| ML031500478 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/2003 |
| From: | Brighton A - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML031500478 (2) | |
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<-o 46/41A May 22, 2003 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20665-0001 In regard to a second nuclear power plant at Clinton, Illinois, there are many questions that should be considered..
Will a second plant cause confusion and misdirection of messages and dialing systems for each plant?
Will a second plant deplete the existing well-water supply?
Will a second plant cause an undesirable increase in the water temperature of the lake?
Will a second plant cause more insecurity and hence a greater danger to the community?
For example, storage of spent-fuel rods from plant two will have to be on the site until permanent storage is guaranteed.
A consideration should be made about the soil at the base of a second plant.
The soil in this area is highly variable in type.
It is in some places red clay with sand and rocks while some areas is black loam that has washed in over the years.
Concrete foundations and floors often crack due to the freezing and thawing and variable water saturation of the soil in this area.
Another consideration in regard to the ground is the fact that all along the lake shore the soil is washing into the lake.
Boaters have reported that water along the shore line is gradually becoming shallow.
Further, water-borne silt flows into the lake from the-water-shed-which-drains-into the-l-ake-.-
History shows siltation to be a problem in other lakes.
The City of Decatur, for example, has had to face this problem in Decatur Lake.
Ultimately a supply of lake water should be guaranteed available to maintain the cooling of the power plants.
What would happen if the dam, which holds back the water in Clinton Lake, should give way due to a natural cause such as an earth quake, lightening, or structural deteriorations? There is also the possibility of sabotage at the dam.
Thought should be given to the future of the oil pipelines A0O
which run under the lake.
What would result from an oil or gas spill on the cooling water?
Let us hope that the future will bring other sources of energy which are safer and more efficient.
Sincerely, Arthur L. Brighton R.R. #1, Box 22 Weldon, Ill 61882 217/736-2656