ML13058A028
| ML13058A028 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/08/2012 |
| From: | Bartholomew A - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 77FR65137 00107, NRC-2012-0246 | |
| Download: ML13058A028 (1) | |
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Page 1 of 1 As of: February 22, 2013 Received: November 08, 2012 PUBLIC SUBMISSION tatu Pending -ost PUBLI SUBM SSIONTracking No. ljw-81I vf-fsvl Comments Due: January 02, 2013 Submission Type: Web 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-0033 Comment on FR Doc # 2012-26295 Submitter Information Name: Alice Bartholomew Address:
415 Wall Street Elmira, NY, 14905 General Comment I understand that on June 8, 2012, Riverkeeper and their allies won a landmark U.S. Court of Appeals decision nullifying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Waste Confidence Rule,"
which has allowed each U.S. nuclear reactor to store highly radioactive nuclear waste on site. The now-invalidated rule presumed that waste stored at reactors would go to a national nuclear waste dump someday and that the storage of spent fuel at individual reactors is temporary and causes
no significant environmental impact."
Because of this landmark court victory, there is no longer any legal basis for plants like Indian Point to avoid studying the environmental impacts of long-term nuclear waste storage in fuel pools or dry storage. At Indian Point, spent fuel has leaked carcinogenic nuclear waste into groundwater and the Hudson River, and its unfortified storage structjire has been considered as a target of terrorists. Their is a paramount overdue need to address the risks of nuclear waste disposal before any U.S. nuclear plant, including Indian Point, may be licensed or re-licensed.
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