ML092650382

Citizen Comment on Salem Hope Creek License Renewal Application

ML092650382
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/08/2009
From:	Berryhill F - No Known Affiliation
To:	Ashley D License Renewal Projects Branch 1
Ashley, D J, NRR/DLR/RPB1, 415-3191
References
TAC ME1831, TAC ME1832, TAC ME1833, TAC ME1834, TAC ME1835, TAC ME1836, FOIA/PA-2011-0113
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From: Frieda Berryhill [frieda302@comcast.net]

Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:42 AM To: Ashley, Donnie

Subject:

License Renewal for Salem and Hope Creek Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Renewal for Salam 1 and 2 and Hope Creek Considering the location of these plants, the fact that they received a building permit in the first place can only be explained by a laisez faire leadership by the regulatory bodies at best, or gross neglect of responsibility at worst.

The plants are located on Artificial Island, so named because land was nonexistent at that location .The Island was built from dredge spoils from the Delaware River, Hydraulic Fill as you call it in the original documents.

The access road is elevated, bordered by the Delaware River on the left and swamp land on the right.

Borings into the soil up to 75 ft are described in 35 ft increments from sand to mud and gravel ending with the last layer called Vincentown formation.

Borings up to 100 ft revealed no solid rock.

All three reactors, auxiliary buildings and spent fuel pools are perched on cement pilings 70 ft deep.

Hydraulic fill can be dangerous in seismic activity due to the high susceptibility of the uncompacted cohesionelss soil accommodating liquefaction.. There exists a myriad of examples of toppled buildings due to hydraulic fill failures.

Yes, there was an Earthquake in Morris County New Jersey just recently and yes there is an earthquake fault In the Delaware River, which occasionally stirrers (latest July 1st 1999)

Is the operation of Salem Legal ? So ask the River keepers in various lawsuits under the leadership of Robert F.Kennedy Jr.

Congress, recognizing the profound impact of mans activity on the interrelations of all components of the natural Environment found the need to create the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)

The purpose of this act was to prevent just the kind of destruction the Salem Plant commits against the

Aquatic life in the Delaware River. More then 3 Billion Delaware River fish are killed each year according to Martin Marietta the plants own consultant.

The pants intake structures which take fish eggs and larvae and anything under 3 inches make the total fish kills many times higher.

On December 18, 2001 Congress allowed these fish killing, once through cooling systems so long as they agreed to take measures to restore the fish they killed . These so-called habitat restorations were prone to failure.

PSE&GS effort is no exception. Even worse , in the process to reduce the coverage of phragmites on the wetlands , PSE&G has applied 22.000 pounds of herbicides to 2,500 acres of sensitive marshland. Phragmites reduction on these sites requires ANNUAL herbicide treatment . Needles to say PSE&G did not succed.

Incredible as it seems PSE&G announced that it planned to spend $50 Million between 2007 and 2011 to explore the potential construction of a new reactor at Hope Creek.( Same Artificial Island)

Respectfully submitted Frieda Berryhill Wilmington , DE Frieda302@comcast.net E-mail Properties Mail Envelope Properties (00fe01ca3081$b3047a50$6800a8c0)

Subject:

License Renewal for Salem and Hope Creek Sent Date: 09/08/2009 8:41:41 AM Received Date: 09/08/2009 8:41:41 AM From: Frieda Berryhill Created By: frieda302@comcast.net Recipients:

Donnie.Ashley@nrc.gov (Ashley, Donnie)

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Priority: olImportanceNormal ReplyRequested: False Return Notification: False Sensitivity: olNormal Recipients received: Follow up. Start by Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Due by Tuesday, September 22, 2009