ML090650248

Comment (2) of Alice Bartholomew Opposing License Renewal of Indian Point

ML090650248
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	02/26/2009
From:	Bartholomew A - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
References
73FR80440 00002, NUREG-1437, Suppl 38
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Alice Bartholomew (aiw777cavahoo.com) on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 22:31:58 DocumentTitle: NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 7 /,DfIc.X-#_,

Comments: I am writing to opposes the license renewal of Indian Point because of the following environmental impacts:

-The slaughter of billions of fish, eggs and larvae every year that results from Indian Point's outdated cooling water intake system, which uses billions of gallons of Hudson River water every day to keep the plant operating.

-The killing of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon when they are trapped against the cooling water intake screens.

Shortnose sturgeon are listed as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.

-The continuing leak of radioactive water from the Indian Point 2 spent fuel pool into the groundwater and Hudson River, and the residual contamination caused by the plumes of contaminated groundwater that slowly leach toxic strontium-90 and cesium-137 into the Hudson River.

-The long term storage of thousands of tons of highly toxic nuclear waste on the banks of the Hudson River, currently housed in poorly maintained spent fuel pools and "dry casks" that are vulnerable to terrorist attack.

We absolutely need to cease this unnecessary toxic and costly means of producing energy for the sake of ourselves and out grandchildren's grandchildren. The hidden cost of toxic waste causes exorbitant expense not made public. There does exist other clean means of producing energy: solar, anaerobic digestion, geothermal power, wind power, small-scale hydropower, solar energy, biomass power, tidal power, and wave power organization:

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