ML070040309
| ML070040309 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 12/26/2006 |
| From: | Chin R - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
| Ngbea E S | |
| References | |
| 71FR64169 00006, PRM-51-10 | |
| Download: ML070040309 (6) | |
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PRM-51-10 71FR64160 From: "Rebecca Chin" <rebeccajchin @hotmail.com>
To: <SECY@nrc.gov>
Date: Tue, Dec 26, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject:
Re: Docket No. PRM-51 In support of MA AG's Petition for Rulemaking Rebecca J. Chin -
31 Deerpath Trail North, Duxbury, MA 02332 DOCKETED USNRC 781-837-0009 Vice-Chair, Duxbury Nuclear Advisory Committee December 26, 2006 (12:20pm)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
E-mail comments to: SECY@nrc.gov<mailto:SECY@nrc.gov>.
RE: Docket No. PRM-51 in Support of Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking I support the Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking, in its entirety, The factual basis of the AGO's argument was supported by vote of the Town of Duxbury at Town Meetings, 2003 and 2004 . The approved articles read:
Article 6 -Duxbury Town Meeting 2003 The Town of Duxbury advocates the immediate start to a move to Secured (1) Dry Cask Storage all but recently unloaded Spent Nuclear Fuel and a return to a low density storage pool at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station as an interim measure to better protect the health and well being of the citizens of the Town of Duxbury.
(1) The term "secured" means that a facility for storing spent fuel is made resistant to attack. Such resistance can be achieved in three ways. First, the facility shall be made passively safe, so that spent fuel remains in a safe state without needing electrical power, cooling water or the presence of an operating crew.
Second, the facility shall be "hardened", so that the spent fuel and its containment structure are protected from damage by an instrument of attack (e.g., an anti-tank missile). For a facility at ground level, hardening involves the provision of layers of concrete, steel, gravel or other materials above and around the spent fuel.
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Third, the facility shall be "dispersed", so that spent fuel is not concentrated at one location, but is spread more uniformly across the site. Dispersal can reduce the magnitude of the radioactive release that would arise from a given attack. Here the term "interim" means that this is a temporary, not a permanent storage solution, to the high level radioactive waste problem at Pilgrim.
Voted 3-0 by: Duxbury Board of Selectmen, November 12, 2002 Motion carried by Duxbury Town Meeting 2003 And Article 27 -Duxbury Town Meeting 2004 The Town of Duxbury opposes Re-licensing Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to operate until 2032 unless the following is required, accomplished, and certified to be in place by the licensee and NRC On-site security heightened to protect against: an air attack on the main reactor building, spent fuel pool and/or critical support structures by a large or small aircraft loaded with fuel or explosives; a floating explosive or underwater charge from entering the in-take canal; an attack by water or land from a force comparable in size and strength to 9/11. The adequacy of these security improvements must be approved by a panel of experts independent of the nuclear power industry.
Safer storage of spent radioactive fuel rods until all spent rods are moved off site - low density pool storage and hardened dispersed dry cask storage, as approved by Town Meeting, 2003.
Reduction of allowable radioactive emissions into our air and water so that the biological impact is no greater than that allowed from the releases from a chemical plant licensed today.
Verification of releases by monitors - computer linked to state and local authorities - at all points where radiation is released from Pilgrim and at appropriate off-site locations.
Replace the current water cooling system that draws .in half-billion gallons of water a day and releases it at 30 degrees above Bay temperatures disrupting the ecosystem, with one not harmful to marine life - a closed cooling system.
Updated emergency planning for the new security environment we face today, to protect against an attack or other fast breaking accident resulting in major consequence and accounts for the increased population density in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Pilgrim's re-licensing process is expanded to include (a) a formal review of the differences between the safety regulations that Pilgrim is required to meet and the safety regulations that would be required if a new reactor was to be built today; and (b) a review of its aging management program.
The Clerk of Duxbury shall forward the text of this Article to the Town of Duxbury's State and federal delegation, to all Select Boards within the Emergency Planning Zone of Pilgrim NPS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy Corp., so that the intent of the Citizens of Duxbury is widely known.
Motion carried by Duxbury Town Meeting March 13, 2004 The citizens of Duxbury, a community within the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's Emergency Planning
- UT ie. LUU;UI~JL 114U. r-flI1VI-0 I IU 11 OIUjJýJUI L U I IV IIt-, ~ F CUIL IVII IHU I Flu It-,I IIUII Zone, recognized that safer spent fuel storage, as outlined in the articles, is essential to our safety and security; so too, is approval of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking..
Submitted by, Rebecca J. Chin
Rebecca J. Chin -
31 Deerpath Trail North, Duxbury, MA 02332 781-837-0009 Vice-Chair, Duxbury Nuclear Advisory Committee Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
E-mail comments to: SECY@nrc.gov.
RE: Docket No. PRM-51 in Support of Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking I support the Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking, in its entirety, The factual basis of the AGO's argument was supported by vote of the Town of Duxbury at Town Meetings, 2003 and 2004. The approved articles read:
Article 6 -Duxbury Town Meeting 2003 The Town of Duxbury advocates the immediate start to a move to Secured (1) Dry Cask Storage all but recently unloaded Spent Nuclear Fuel and a return to a low density storage pool at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station as an interim measure to better protect the health and well being of the citizens of the Town of Duxbury.
(1) The term "secured" means that a facility for storing spent fuel is made resistant to attack. Such resistance can be achieved in three ways. First, the facility shall be made passively safe, so that spent fuel remains in a safe state without needing electrical power, cooling water or the presence of an operating crew.
Second, the facility shall be "hardened", so that the spent fuel and its containment structure are protected from damage by an instrument of attack (e.g., an anti-tank missile). For a facility at ground level, hardening involves the provision of layers of concrete, steel, gravel or other materials above and around the spent fuel.
Third, the facility shall be "dispersed", so that spent fuel is not concentrated at one location, but is spread more uniformly across the site. Dispersal can reduce the magnitude of the radioactive release that would arise from a given attack. Here the term "interim" means that this is a temporary, not a permanent storage solution, to the high level radioactive waste problem at Pilgrim.
Voted 3-0 by: DuxburyBoard of Selectmen, November 12, 2002 Motion carried by Duxbury Town Meeting 2003 And Article 27 -Duxbury Town Meetin- 2004
The Town of Duxbury opposes Re-licensing Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to operate until 2032 unless the following is required, accomplished, and certified to be in place by the licensee and NRC
" On-site security heightened to protect against: an air attack on the main reactor building, spent fuel po01 and/or critical support structures by a large or small aircraft loaded with fuel or explosives; a floating explosive or underwater charge from entering the in-take canal; an attack by water or land from a force comparable in size and strength to 9/11. The adequacy of these security improvements must be approved by a panel of experts independent of the nuclear power industry.
" Safer storage of spent radioactive fuel rods until all spent rods are moved off site -
low density pool storage and hardened dispersed dry cask storage, as approved by Town Meeting, 2003.
" Reduction of allowable radioactive emissions into our air and water so that the biological impact is no greater than that allowed from the releases from a chemical plant licensed today.
- Verification of releases by monitors - computer linked to state and local authorities,-
at all points where radiation is released from Pilgrim and at appropriate off-site locations.
- Replace the current water cooling system that draws in half-billion gallons of water a day and releases it at 30 degrees above Bay temperatures disrupting the ecosystem, with one not harmful to marine life - a closed cooling system.
" Updatedemergency planning for the new security environment we face today, to protect against an attack or other fast breaking accident resulting in major consequence and accounts for the increased population density in Southeastern Massachusetts.
- Pilgrim's re-licensing process is expanded to include (a) a formal review of the differences between the safety regulations that Pilgrim is required to meet and the safety regulations that would be required if a new reactor was to be built today; and (b) a review of its aging management program.
The Clerk of Duxbury shall forward the text of this Article to the Town of Duxbury's State and federal delegation, to all Select Boards within the Emergency Planning Zone of Pilgrim NPS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy Corp., so that the intent of the Citizens of Duxbury is widely known.
Motion carried by Duxbury Town Meeting March 13, 2004 The citizens of Duxbury, a community within the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's Emergency Planning Zone, recognized that safer spent fuel storage, as outlined in the articles, is essential to our safety and security; so too, is approval of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking..
Submitted by, Rebecca J. Chin 2
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