ML13022A496

Comment (248) of Deb Brown on Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation

ML13022A496
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse, Indian Point, Fermi, Grand Gulf, Summer, Seabrook, Limerick, Crystal River, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, South Texas
Issue date:	12/13/2012
From:	David Brown - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
References
NRC-2012-0246, 77FR65137 00248, +reviewedAXM8
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Comment# 2 Page 1 of 1 77 FR 65137 10/25/2012 As of: December 17, 2012 Received:

December 13, 2012 PStatus: Pending Post PUBLIC SUBMISSION ITracking No. lIjw-82ir-s2plI Comments Due: January 02, 2013]Submission Type: Web I Docket: NRC-2012-0246 Consideration on Environmental Impacts on Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Comment On: NRC-2012-0246-0001 Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Document:

NRC-2012-0246-DRAFT-0376 Comment on FR Doc # 2012-26295 Submitter Information Name: Deb Brown i Address: "-PO Box 98964 F- co Raleigh, NC, 27624-8964 0 C)--Government Agency Type: Federal <.Government Agency: NRC m General Comment The preferred alternative is to stop making irradiated nuclear fuel. NRC should cease licensing atomic reactors, which inevitably generate high-level radioactive waste, deadly for at least a million years. This includes the rejection of any more combined Construction and Operating License Applications (COLAs) for proposed new atomic reactors, such as those recently rubberstamped by NRC at Vogtle, GA and Summer, SC. But this also includes the rejection of any more 20 year license extensions, as NRC has rubberstamped at 73 reactors since the year 2000. Thus, such pending license extensions as at Indian Point 2 & 3 (NY), Crystal River 3 (FL), Diablo Canyon 1 & 2 (CA), Seabrook (NH), Davis-Besse (OH), South Texas 1 & 2 (TX), Limerick 1 & 2 (PA), Grand Gulf 1 (MS), and Callaway (MO) should all be rejected by NRC. (Beyond Nuclear has successfully applied the Nuke Waste Con Game victory to win from NRC two year delays in the finalization of licensing approvals for new reactors at Grand Gulf 2 in MS and Fermi 3 in MI, as well as for 20 year license extensions at Grand Gulf 1 in MS and Davis-Besse in OH. A coalition of two dozen environmental groups has applied the victory against three dozen new and old reactor licensing proceedings across the U.S.)For the nearly 70,000 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel currently stored at U.S. atomic reactors, Hardened On-Site Storage (HOSS)should be required.

Pools, at risk of leaks, as well as catastrophic radioactivity leaks due to sudden drain downs or slower motion boil downs, should be emptied. The irradiated nuclear fuel should be transferred into on-site dry casks which are: designed and built to last for centuries; camoflagued to deter, and fortified to withstand, terrorist attacks; safeguarded against accidents; and prevented from corroding and leaking high-level radioactive waste into the environment, as by replacement once per generation, requiring either a pool or a hot cell in which to carry out such transfer operatio SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM -013 E-RIDS= ADM -03 Add= S. Lopas (SLL2)https://www.fdms.gov/fdms-web-agency/component/contentstreamer?objectld=090000648 118c26a&format=xml&hideOriginal...

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