ML12172A396
| ML12172A396 | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse, Fermi, Watts Bar, Grand Gulf, Seabrook, Turkey Point, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, South Texas, Comanche Peak, Bellefonte, Levy County, 05200012, 05200013, 05200017, Bell Bend, 05200022, 05200023, 05200016, 05200024, Lee  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/2012 |
| From: | Pica E Friends of the Earth |
| To: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
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DOCKETED USNRC June 18, 2012 (4:03 p.m.)
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND
- 18. 201 ADJUDICATIONS STAFF AlES U.S.
REGCLATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMTSSIC)N 1\\;0.
16-COL Power Plant Unit 3)
In the Matter of Detroit Docket No. 52-033-COL (Fermi the Matter of Duke L.L.C 52-ell (William Stares Lee III Nuclear Units I and :2)
In the Matter No.
Cnit )
In the of Nuciear Power In the !vfatter of Florida PO\\ver (Turkey Point Docket Nos.
and 52-035-COL Units and 4)
No.
In the Matter PPL Bell Bend., LL.C
(
Bend N udear P()\\ver Plant)
In the of Enercrv
- Inc, 1:0, (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power PlanL U_ and J)
Nuclear Operating (South Texas UniL; 1 and 2)
In the Marter South T (Somh lJnits and,;)
Va]
Authority (Watts Bar tTait 2)
Jn the Matter of U
Electric (Callaway Plant Unit 1) 50- 1 75-L*R and LR I)ocket 52-039-COL Docket Nos.
anel 52-02J-COL Docket Nos. 50-498-LR and j 2-COL 14-COL Docket 50-0391-0L Docket LR No, I7-COL
(No1'th Anna C nit 3)
PETITION SUSPE~D FINAL DECISIONS IN ALL PENDING LICENSING PROCEEDIl\\'GS PENDING COrvIPLETION OF REMAi\\DED WASTE CO'lFIDENCE PROCEEDINGS
- 1.
L~TRODUCTION On 8,
12, in Stare New York I'.
Reg. (mmn, 11 10.:1.5, Court Appeab the Distriu of Columbia is:,;ued deci~ion vacating U S. Nuc Regulatory
("NRC " or "Coll1mls::,ion
) Wa:;te Decision
("WeD Reg. ]'037 (
23.2(10)) and its Temporary Rule
("TSR") (75 Fed 81,032 (Dec.
20](})) and remanded them to NRC.
a result. the of and TSR the environmental of reacto r fue]
no a legally valid for reactor
- n.
Thcrct\\)re. pUL.,uant to NRC 10 2.323.
E-:nvironmcmal Policy Act (,'NEPA"l. the Atomic Energy Act C' and the court's decision in o/New Petitioners in the proceedings respectfu!ly request the Commission to ( 1) suspend its final licensing decisions all pending NRC licensing proceedings pending completion of the remanded on the WeD Update ::md TSR:
and establish a process ensuring: that remanded proceeding compl with the participation requiren1ents 189a the Atomic Energy a). The Petitioners have submitted this request in virtually every NRC reactor licensing proceeding now
the
. including twelve applications combined
("COLs"l, applications license rene\\val ("LR"), and one application an operating
("OL")..
As discussed Section n below. many the Petitioners are currently participating in ?\\RC cases new or reactors. Other Petitioners are neighbors of existing or ny",,";">e reactors who \\vOLlld participated inNRC licensi:1g hac!
they not barred raising: their concerns about cI the CommiSSIon decisions then were clown bv the com1. By JOIning Petit ion.
Petitioners to ensure that environmemal analyse.'.
by of Appeals m
Nell' York will be fully applied in each reactor licensing case operation j" permitted. and t11m they \\vill be given a meaningful opportunity to pmticipate in the decision-At
- ouhet, Petition..:-rs to eqabli.;,h tIn.'. Petition i:; !lot. fhi" l~ not a 1110[ion a stay the veness a
to 10 P.R.
2.?,..J.2 or any uther kind of request equitable relief. Instead, the Petition is a demand for nOIl-disuetionary iance with the requirements of the and decision in York. Til addiriolL thi..; Petition is not a do not demand anv license applications or adjudications the suspc of licen<'illg
- only, A
in Yor( the WCD and TSR Petitioners have submitted this Petition within ten in light Commission precedentc; judging mOliol1s and comentions according to when Petitioners became aware a decision's effect on their rntere.'.t<,.
COlT (McGuire N Station. UniTS I and 2; Catawba Sto.tiOll~
1 and 2). CU-02-28.
(200")) Uthe Commission that thi., Petition is Petitioners request that Petition he held in ing issuance of the Tnandate.
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remanded by the U.S. Coun
- Appeals, Petitioners seck a ruling
\\vi11 given an 3dequate opportunity for public ion in the remanded The is full\\'
with the Commission* s holding EntErgy OpemtiulIs, [nc. rTndian Point.
- and (2010) i Poinr" )
that it wili not conclude action on Indian Poim license renewal application "until the is
'. Petit seek a by Coml111ssion
!l \\'/ill the
?oinr precedent to all pending reactor licensing cases.
DESCRIPTION PETITIONERS Petitioner~ are individual:<; and organizations of the environment, and the live near (jperating or propo.'.ed nuclear reactors, SOllIe and individual:;, have been as inte[\\enor:, in the above-caplloned
- .iRC ing:, for rc\\ Jew appli,:ation" renewals.
an licen:-,e, Other are of reactors whose applications are under review by NRC All of Petitioner.", are concerned about the environmental and public health ri"ks by the and ultimate of spellt
, Manv of them without
- success, their concerns spent fuel in NRC liccll')ing proceedi
,md rulernaking;",
no\\.\\'
to their health. the health of their fami1 ies, and healt h of the environment, ensunng the NRC not take any licensing action gin:n reactor unless and until completed environmental review spent fuel and mandated by the C CouI1 Appeals in The seek to ensure that they are given an opportunity to panicipate in the NRCs as requ Sect ion I of the AEA, 42 C.S *2239(a).
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III of the Petitioners have already established standing to this Petition by as intervenors In some the licensing proceeding.;;.
Other are lllen~lhers live within mile:". of a who \\vould have successfully to the remanded the court olNew had they not been precluded from intervening the very that Ihe court struck do\\\\'n, intend to submit hearing requests York on licensing 111 they are and declarationc, at that time. in join the adrnitted im.(')'venors in the sllspen"ion of all deci<,jons compliance by NRC
/\\ list of follows:
- Beyond I\\uclear, Inc (Intervenor in Fermi proceeding, Calvert COL proceeding, license
. potential intervenor in Grand Gulf COL and Grand Gulf license renewal
- Blue Ridge Environmental Le:lgue, Inc. and
("BREDL'") (Intervenor in Q ll Bellefonte COL and Nonh COL proceeding; L")l) intervention in W.S.
COL ing and Bellefonte OL proceeding)
Cit Allied Energy Inc. Former intervenor in Turkey Point Ciril:ens Environmental Alliance of Southwestern Omario, Inc, (lmervenor in Fermi COL proceeding and license proceeding)
- CitizeTb Alternatives to Chemical Contamination (llltervenor in Fermi proceeding) 6
Inc. (
in Fenm license rene\\~:al proceeding)
Party of' Florida (Intervenor in Levy COL Epstein intervenor in Bell Bene!
proceeding)
Friend.~
Eanh. Inc (Potential intervenor in reactor proceedings LSI
<II Friends of the Inc. (Infervenor in Seabnlok license renewal Green Ohio iintervenor in Davis-Besse license
(;
Dan Kipnis (Intervenor in Turkey Point proceed
- \\ational A:,sociation, (Intervenor in Turkey Point COL proceeding!
Oncavage dmervenor in Point COL proceeding)
Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Inc. (Petitioner in liCense renewal Intervenor in suspended
- .,rew England Inc. rTntcrvenor in Seabrook license renew:d proceeding)
North anc! Awareness Inc. (Admined an lmervenor in no\\v-cloc,ecl Shearon Harris proceeding)
Inforrnarion and Resource Inc. (
ill Calvert COL proceeding and Levy COL proceeding)
~ Public (:itizen~ Inc.
now-dosed C'o111<lnche Peak license proceeding J in SotHh Tcxas COL
- admitted Intervenor proceeding' intcrvc m
Texas 7
LUIS Obispo Mothers for Peacc, Inc. (Intervenor in Canyon renewal pr()ceeding) e Club. Inc.
Chapter) (Intervenor in Fermi COL Southern Alliance Inc. (Intervenor in Watts Bar Cl1it 2 OL Turkey Point Bellefonte proceeding)
Southern lVlaryland CARES, Inc. (Citizen"
.wnce s,) lution,;,)
I!J Sustainable Energy and Economic Development ("SEED'") Coalition. Inc. IIntervcnor in South COL admitted as Intervenor in Commlche Peak intervenor in South license renewal proceeding)
III.
In 1984.
NRC issued ils first WCD, making regarding the spent and the and environmental impacts of spent fuel Over the several since the NRC has updated the WCD. The latest was issued in 2010. On June 8,
- 12. the U. Coun
/\\ppeals the Circuit review of the
's 20]0 WeD and and those in entirety In the COUf"e re\\leW the WeD Update, court founc! that the WCD is a federal action" under NEPA therefore requiring either a finding of no significant impact (HFONSl") or an ilnpac:t statement (
slip op. at The court aL.,o it was clear that
\\NCD II be used to enable on its fil1ding~"
the WeD Hrender:;
conclu:-,ioll~ about environmental effect plant licen<.:ure that \\\\ill Id.. ~.ljp at 9 (
10 CF.R. ~
).
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\\Virh respect 10 the conclUSIOns rcgcmiing the coun ob:-:cncd that the NRC has "no than hoping for a geologic anel that spent renctor fuel "v,ill seemingly be stored on at nuclear plants on a basis" if the to,>ile a permanel1t op.atI3.
the court concluded that "must be vacated" \\-vith conclusion ill 2 that a suitable
'" lei.. slip op. at
- 11. III order to comply with coun found that the ='iRe must the effects of failing to a repo:-,itory." ld.. slip op. at 12.
Wit h respect to the
's conclusions the envin)J1mental temporary of spent reacwr fuel at court conciucled that the assessment (
) [inel FONSI i:e,sued as Lhe TSR "are not supported by on 10 nyC)
NRC reached a of spent fuel pool insignificant, based on Ull cvuluHtion coun CiJrlcluded that hC'lk't'. and theret(,re the NRC to eXurIlll1e (he ri:-k~
pool forward-looking fashiun," Id..
op, (It l.f. In addition, [he court the NRC".;
IS the environmentai.
fires Vias deficient became it I pool ld.. slip op. at I
- 19.
on of the probability consequences," the court observed.
[IS mayor may not be required," ld. slip np. at 19 Tn the \\\\'CD Update and the TSR
, the court purpo"cly die! not express an
\\vhether all EIS WOGlc! be required or all FA \\hiUld be <,utlicielli.
Instead, it left that,-1"'-"""'-0 lip to the di'lcretion of the slip op. at 12. 20.
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The Must Suspend All Licensing Decisions Pending Completion Of the Remanded Waste Confidence Proceedings.
court cOl1cbcled in Stare o{NeH' York, NRC consider~ the WeD and Update to constItute tInding" regarding the and like "pent fuel posal that are prerequisites to licen"ing of any reactor. Similarly.
conclusions TSR impact.~ of fuel that II
" operatlon are prereq to reactor the court's vacatur of the \\VCD Update the to render essential spent storage and "null and void," See B
~ Law Dictionary 1388 (5th
( to vacate is o render ;em act to vacate an entrv or a judgment.") Thu", unless and NRC the remanded the COLIrt in Nnl' York, NRC has no for licensing or re-lieensing any reactor. Robertson 1'. AfethOiv Cit;::.ells COline!I.
(1 must consider environmental impacts a proposed ~lct the action).
The Commission has addressed legal effect an waste confidence proceeding. In Pnillf. [he refused to s
regarding spent fuel storage in an indhiduai licensing but instead suggested that intervenor eOllld in the waste confidence NRC at 100.fhe iOIl also however it would not action on Indian POl!1t ication until ruJcmaking is resolved.
Id. Petitioners llv subm it t hat the precedent set Commission in Point cominu;;,s to require suspension of the Inclinn Point license dccis io II in case. and abo to,dl () ther licensing cases.
NEP1\\
that environmental impacts must taken into
account the :\\
a dec!:;io!1. see the NRC must hold aU reactor licensing in abeyance until it has completed its remanded proceedings for consideration spent and
- impacts, The and NEPA Require the NRC to an Oppm'umity to Participate the Remanded Proceedings.
of AEA requires in any proceeding for the isc,uance or amendment of a the NRC muc,r offer interested persons the right to particip~lte. 42 U
§ With respect to the WeD Update and the TSR, as court has conc ludecl as req v III
,~ Sltlte lVelt-'
slip at 9, and therefore are governed the procedural requirements Section 189a. In NEC to offer an opportunity public comment. 011 EI S that it IOC R. §5!
NRC' do not specifically require the provision of an opP0l1unity comment on an EA~ the Supreme COUlt has that KEPA broad participation in environmental decisioflS. iHars17 1'.
Res.
+901.;.S.
(1
).
seek to ensure that NRC fully comply with the public participation of the and NEPA in the remanded waste confidence by allowing to ( I) conlment on generic determinations that contentions in individual licensing bel IS insufficient to their site-specific concerns. Therefore Petitioners that the' n issue EAs may prepare ill proposed form for COl11mem before making final. Tn addition, Pethinners should be provided with at least 60 days-standard time period for requesting a hearing - to consideration, in individual cases, of site-specific or environmental concerns rai:e,ed the remallded A 60-day time period is
essential.
that some petitioners be required to submit hearing requests, petitions to standing declarations.
motions to fe-open record in that hcen no hearing has been held.
IV.
the reason~. the Petition should be
. The Commission should issue an order that:
<II SUSPends all final decisions in pending reactor licensing proceedings pending conclusion of thc-remanded proceeding to environmelHal i of ;;,pent storage anc!
Declares that or
\\\\jl1 ishecl in fornl
\\virh a reasonable opportunity for puhlie comment; and Providt:s a period of at 60 concerns rebt to the remanded In licensing proceedings, Respectfully Sli bll1itted.
Sigl1t?(j' (
CmrWI/I License Renewa!
Unit.2 Operating License and Florida Coalition FIr rhe Em'ironmenr in UniT 1 12
Signed Sara Barczak Southern A]iance for Clean Bull Street 31401 912-201 E-rnail:
DulY awhori_~ed Sowhern A CleOi/
in Bel 3 and alld Signed J.
4100 Hillclale Road Harrisburg, PA [ I 12 1-/101 se Petitioiler in Bell Bend COL proceeding i Robert F. Eve Brett.lanner Kauffman 112 SW 6 Th
, Suik Topeka~ KS 66603 785-234A040 South license Turner and 13
Paul Gunter Bevond >Juclear Carroli Ave..
Takoma MD 1
400 12 D(f\\'i:;~
Gulf in 520 Toledo.OH 43604-5627 19-52 I'cncliol Takoma Park 12 I
IViNS in C/ijj\\ COL B.
Law Center Olive Street. Suite 614 St. Louis, ;vi0 101
.3 14-1-41 1 III
!ic'ellse reneHIl/
John D. Runkle P.O. Box Hill.
919-942-0600 Corofino Waste Awareness Reduction in Shearon Harris 2 3
. COUI/Sel10 Blw: Ridge Environmentol League in Norrh AmlO 3 COL Friend;;, of rhe Coa:;t/~e\\v Post Box Edgecomb, Maine 207-882 1
E~Jllail:
Dul>.'
The C'itizens Allied Safe 1001 SW 129 Miami. FL 33 J76 I ~ I
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with 23 other mernbers near nuclear reactors around the Unitee: States, th' Petition in an','
docket Instead, we ace it to the Pica President
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