ML11175A350

Comment (28) of Harvey Reading Supporting Petition for Rulemaking PRM-50-96, Regarding NRC Amends Its Regulations Regarding the Domestic Licensing of Special Material

ML11175A350
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	06/21/2011
From:	Reading H - No Known Affiliation
To:	NRC/SECY/RAS
SECY RAS
References
76FR26223 00028, PRM-50-96
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PRM-50-96 DOCKETED Rulemaking Comments (76FR26223) USNRC From: Harvey Reading [reading178@hotmail.com] June 23, 2011 (4:40 pm)

Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:09 PM OFFICE OF SECRETARY To: Rulemaking Comments RULEMAKINGS AND

Subject:

Comment in support of PRM-50-96 NRC-2011-0069 ADJUDICATIONS STAFF

Dear Secretary,

This is a waste of time, naturally. You people are pimped by the nuclear industry, lock, stock, and barrel. You should be ashamed of yourselves for going along with their lies ...

while people die early deaths from their unsafe plants -- as thousands did in the years following the Three Mile Island disaster, which you scum covered up.

I am writing in support of PRM 50-96 (NRC-2011-0069) submitted by Thomas Popik and the Foundation for Resilient Societies.

This very prescient petition for rulemaking would require utilities to install reliable and renewable backup power systems, for a period of up to two years, to ensure cooling of irradiated fuel pools in the event of an extended loss of offsite power.

The Fukushima catastrophe demonstrates clearly the consequences of a loss of offsite power--

to fuel pools and nuclear reactors alike. The NRC obviously must take substantive and speedy steps to address this issue.

The typical nuclear facility includes battery backup power that would last 4-8 hours, plus emergency diesel generators. While these generators were inoperable at Fukushima, and the accidents there took place in a relatively short amount of time, these generators are not designed to operate for extended periods of time.

PRM 50-96 was spawned by concern over large-scale solar flares that could cause long power outages in the U.S. As the Washington Post reported on June 21, 2011, a 2008 National Academy of Sciences study warned that a major solar storm "could knock out power in parts of the northeastern and northwestern United States for months, even years."

No U.S. nuclear reactor or fuel pool could withstand such a lengthy loss of power. Immense radiation releases would be certain.

Given the events at Fukushima, it appears nuclear facilities are not able to withstand power outages for even a fraction of that time. Thus, there is considerable urgency to improving back-up power systems.

I urge the NRC to quickly approve PRM 50-96 and to amend this petition to include suitable back-up power supplies for all nuclear reactors and fuel cycle facilities as well as the irradiated fuel pools.

Thank you, Harvey Reading pb 551 Shoshoni, WY 82649 TEMPLATE = SECY-067 1 DS10