ML050310236
| ML050310236 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 01/24/2005 |
| From: | Leta S, Mottola D New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) |
| To: | NRC/SECY/RAS |
| Byrdsong A T | |
| References | |
| +adjud/ruledam200505, 69FR64690 00201, PRM-73-12 | |
| Download: ML050310236 (3) | |
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PRM-73-12 January 24, 2005 DOCKETED USNRC January 28, 2005 14, 2004 (4:45pm)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Secretary Annette L. Vietti-Cook U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 On behalf of New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, a statewide, citizen based organization with over 25,000 members, we fully support the Petition for Rulemaking by the Committee to Bridge the Gap to upgrade protections against terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities (10 CFR 73). New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the nation with four nuclear reactors, is clearly at risk for a potential terrorist attack. Requiring protection of nuclear facilities against air attack, in addition to upgrading the Design Basis Threat to at least the number and capabilities of the 9/11 attackers, is absolutely necessary.
A case in point is the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township. The plant is located in the fastest growing county in New Jersey, and evacuation of just a 1 0-mile radius of the plant is nearly impossible. Unfortunately, serious security risks are associated with Oyster Creek's spent fuel pools.
The reactor building is structurally inadequate to protect the spent fuel rods from an aircraft terrorist attack. A 50-foot-high steel frame encloses the spent fuel pools; steel columns supporting steel roof trusses are covered with sheet metal siding. A large plane can easily penetrate the steel frame.
If the steel frame covering the spend fuel rods is penetrated, the rods can boil the water in the pool, cracking the steel liner and its supporting concrete structure. If the structure is cracked, the fuel tanks will spill thousands of gallons of burning fuel across the operating floor, down the stairwell and down the 30-foot-square equipment hatch that is an unobstructed opening to the first floor. Any fire-damaged to the floor will allow burning fuel to leak down on the numerous wires and electrical cables essential to safe shutdown of the reactor and the systems that maintain cooling water to the spent fuel pool. Without constant cooling, the reactor itself will rupture.
New Jersey residents, especially the half million residents living near Oyster Creek, need the NRC to protect public safety and rule in favor of the Committee to Bridge the Gap petition. After all, their lives may depend on it.
Sincerely, Suzanne Leta 7e-mp70We- -- gtyd-b ( 7 SeCY-L9
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