ML101270206
| ML101270206 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2010 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | Division of License Renewal |
| NRC/NRR/DLR | |
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| 75FR4427 | |
| Download: ML101270206 (3) | |
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1 DiabloCanyonCEm Resource From:
R. Fryer [richard.e.fryer@gmail.com]
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:48 AM To:
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Additional comments following the March 3 hearings These comments are amended and expanded from my verbal comments at the hearing in San Luis Obispo Wednesday afternoon, 3-4-2010.
Thanks to the NRC for the opportunity to comment on the proposed relicensing of PG&E's Diablo nuclear plant.
I think that nuclear power is an important part of California's power mix. The safety record at Diablo is admirable - and thank you to the NRC for the role you play in keeping nuclear power a safe inexpensive resource.
Mothers For Peace said at the meeting that we had to depart from the hypothetical and get real.
OK, I agree with them on that. Disasters from terrorism or from 'fires in the containment pond' - both concerns voiced at the meeting seem very hypothetical to me - no citation of possible failure modes or historical event suggests either - or any other event in the history of US nuclear power plants.
Another audience member feared the leakage of (several nasty elements - I didn't catch them).
So we need to consider the alternatives. All power sources have some pros and cons. And the 'cons' for nuclear power sure seem benign to me compared with other choices.
One audience member promoted solar power (pv). I also am an investor in solar panels. And the taxpayers paid for almost half of them - PG&E ratepayers (I'm guessing here) pay for another part by requiring PG&E to store my power during the day for my useage at night. Already my power bill has grown (faster than my healthcare cost!) to rival my grocery budget. If citizens had to pay the full cost of widespread pv/solar power it would be the largest cost in our budget - not a nice thing for all of us on fixed incomes, as I am. Perhaps this isn't on your agenda, however, as it's based on affordability - not environmental damage!
To avoid destruction of our economy, we must consider fossil fueled power - the only power source that competes with the low cost of nuclear. Coal as a power source does REAL - not HYPOTHETICAL environmental damage. Coal fired plants produce nitrous products - particulates (recently blamed for much of the arctic melting) - CO2 of course - and radioactive ash! (It is low level waste, but it's going into the ecosystem now - and that's not hypothetical!) These are REAL byproducts that ARE BEING INJECTED into the environment from plants in every state. (It seems to me that environmentalists should be campaigning to replace EVERY coal fired plant with nuclear!)
I am a constituent of both Adam Hill and Lois Capps whose statements you have taken today. I have let both of them know that in requesting a delay while studies are being done that they are NOT REPRESENTING MY INTERESTS! While appropriate studies should be done, they can proceed concurrently to the NRC's work.
I recommend the NRC to proceed with the relicensing process, and I hope that the result is a successful relicensing of Diablo for PG&E.
2 I have MS degrees in Physics (Michigan State) and Computer Science (Chico). My professional career was primarily as an Avionics Computer engineer working for the US Navy at China Lake, but I have also worked in private industry as a digital computer project manager and have consulted in computer security. I have taught both short courses and university courses and was an instructor at CalPoly for 5 years. I am now retired. I do not know anyone that works for PG&E.
Richard Fryer Pismo Beach
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