ML031540496

Comment Submitted by Lauren Whitley Informing of Citizen'S Hearing on Nuclear Risk Reduction, Sponsored by Public Citizen & Nc Warn on 05/31/2003 Re NUREG-1768 Package Performance Study Test Protocols.

ML031540496
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	05/22/2003
From:	Whitley L North Carolina Waste Awareness & Reduction Network (NC WARN)
To:	Amy Snyder NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB, NRC/NMSS/SFPO
References
68FR8530 00087, NUREG-1768
Download: ML031540496 (1)

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• PO Box 61051 Durham, NC 27715-1051 Phone: (919) 416-5077 Waste Awareness and Reduction Network Fax: (919) 286-3985 '

ncwam@ncwarn.org www.ncwarn.org

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A Citizens' Hearing on Nuclear Waste: Reducing Risks I . . .

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-peaMs. Snyder: I I am writing to inform you of a Citizens' Hearing on Nuclear Risk Reduction, sponsored by Public Citizen-and NC WARN, t6 be held on Saturday, May'31 5t , from lOam to 3pm at Salem Elementary.

School, 6116 Old Jenks Rd, in Apex, N\orth Carolina. -

As you are surely aware, the issues of nuclear waste transportation and its storage are of significant.

concern to our organization and our comnunity.- Many citizens in Nortl Carolina have been particularly frustrated with the NRC iri the'past due t6 the manier i'Which your agcncy handled the expansi'oi of the

• ' Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County. By allowing Progress Energy, the ownper of the Harris plant, to expand its nuclear waste storage capacity with no opportunity for scientific hearings, or without a

' required Environmental Impact Statement, many individuals and local govermments in this region feel disillusioned with the NRC and its role as a regulatory agency. . -

This hearing is planned in response to the 02/21/02 Federal Register Notice inviting public c'omment on the'NRC's draft tst protocol for the Package Performance Study (PPS). It is strategically located in North Carolina, currently the only state where,nuclear waste is being transported,,to provide the space for citizens to comment and express their c'oncerns about this Package Performance Study, and current methods'for storing nuclear waste in the state, and to encourage North Carolina citizen involvement in your public comment process. As we will be collecting public comments from those Who attend the event

-we urge you to take these comments into account, even though you will be receiving them the day after the close of the. official public cbmment period on PPS. '

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Sincerely, auren Whitley, esecAssociate - ' ' ' . - ' ' -

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