ML15275A230

Comment (32) of Joe Ivora Supporting the Relicensing of Diablo Canyon

ML15275A230
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	09/30/2015
From:	Ivora J - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR37664 00032, NRC-2009-0552
Download: ML15275A230 (2)

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3 "-'° 4.....)SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM -013 E-RIDS= ADM~-03 ,.j ;, j.j'.Z.=-m, Add= ~ 1 ijeP~9 Presentation to N-RC /PG&,E (@ Marriott Hotel, SLO, Wed., 8/5115 My name is Joe Ivora. I am a retired Civil Engineer, a passionate Environmentalist, and retired from Diablo Canyon. I want Diablo Canyon to be relicensed because: 1) it runs so clean, it emits no 002 no nitric oxide, no ozone or other gas-regulated pollutons;

2) it does not produce any ash to pollute the land or water. All the high-level waste is collected, and safely controlled.

The so-called waste is about 95% unspent fuel that could be reprocessed and reused. This is not a technical problem -only a political problem. The waste has no effect on the environment since it is contained in steel and concrete containers.

Waste has a very small footprint at Diablo Canyon. I would invite you to take a public tour and see for yourselves.

Diablo Canyon does not emit any radiation to the general public. No one has died from the radiation from a commercial nuclear power plant anywhere in the world, but millions die from the combustion of coal, oil and natural gas to produce electricity at fossil fuel plants.Diabio Canyon produces about 10% of California's low-cost, carbon-free, very reliable electricity for nearly 3 million Californians without the approximately 6Y 2 million tons of greenhouse gases that would be emitted annually by a fossil fuel plant.Diablo Canyon runs 2417 to meet the energy needs of California no matter if we are in a drought season, a rainy season, or if it is night, or if there is no wind, and at the same time meet the state and federal pollution EPA requirements.

Fossil fuel plants cannot meet the future EPA pollution requirements with the current technology.

Nuclear power provides 63% of the clean electricity in the United States.Solar and wind have a very limited capacity to meet the energy needs of the future and therefore, must include Diablo Canyon which has a very high capacity factor of about 90%. Nuclear power has to be a part of any future clean energy mix, so our children and their children will have abundant, reliable and clean energy.Thank you.(360 words)C:\Documents and Settings's.oe lvoraflesktopUSl to NRC-PG&E 8-5-15.wpd