ML15282A337

Comment (57) by Thomas Rippner Opposing Re-Licensing of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant

ML15282A337
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/24/2015
From:	Rippner T - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR37664 00057, NRC-2009-0552
Download: ML15282A337 (1)

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August 24.2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Status: Pending Post Tracking No. ljz-8kqo-6qce Comments Due: August 31, 2015 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2009-0552 Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant License Comment On: NRC-2009-0552-0026 SDiablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement' -j Document:

NRC-2009-0552-DRAFT-005097"Comment on FR Doc #20 15-15921 Submitter Information

"' Name: Thomas Rippner/ /.-- -2 Address: z/(' -:' ' :'" ...........

6448 Squire Ct 7 " San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401 -o~General Comment DIABLO CANYON IS NOT NEEDED TO FILL CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY DEMANDS The California Independent System Operator oversees energy distribution throughout California by' managing the grid: CAISO has expressed concern that there may be times when there is so much variable wind, solar and other renewable energy being scheduled onto its system that the other Sgenerators, such as nuclear, who will have to adjust to accommodate it, will not have the flexibility SA needed to do so.\ Nuclear power plants cannot safely turn their power off and on. Every time a reactor is powered* \ down, it causes stress on the parts. In order to have a flexible, resilient energy grid, the power sources must be responsive.

Nuclear energy is not flexible.

Diablo Canyon will provide about 8.5% of the energy to the grid, whether we need it or not. Therefore, it stymies the growth of Srooftop solar and wind, which are very responsive-and flexible.We urge you to deny the relicensing of Diablo Canyon. We do not need the enlergy in the 21 st).x, Century; it leaves a toxic waste behind for hundreds of thousands of years; and we must be~forward thinking into a responsive, flexible and resilient energy future.file:lllC

/U sers/CAG/D ownl oads/NR C -2009- 0552- DRAF T- 0050.htmlh i/1/1 9/1/2015 9/1/2015N RC-2009-0552-DRAFT-0050.html As of: 9/1/15 4:47 PM Received:

August 24.2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Status: Pending Post Tracking No. ljz-8kqo-6qce Comments Due: August 31, 2015 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2009-0552 Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant License Comment On: NRC-2009-0552-0026 SDiablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement' -j Document:

NRC-2009-0552-DRAFT-005097"Comment on FR Doc #20 15-15921 Submitter Information

"' Name: Thomas Rippner/ /.-- -2 Address: z/(' -:' ' :'" ...........

6448 Squire Ct 7 " San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401 -o~General Comment DIABLO CANYON IS NOT NEEDED TO FILL CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY DEMANDS The California Independent System Operator oversees energy distribution throughout California by' managing the grid: CAISO has expressed concern that there may be times when there is so much variable wind, solar and other renewable energy being scheduled onto its system that the other Sgenerators, such as nuclear, who will have to adjust to accommodate it, will not have the flexibility SA needed to do so.\ Nuclear power plants cannot safely turn their power off and on. Every time a reactor is powered* \ down, it causes stress on the parts. In order to have a flexible, resilient energy grid, the power sources must be responsive.

Nuclear energy is not flexible.

Diablo Canyon will provide about 8.5% of the energy to the grid, whether we need it or not. Therefore, it stymies the growth of Srooftop solar and wind, which are very responsive-and flexible.We urge you to deny the relicensing of Diablo Canyon. We do not need the enlergy in the 21 st).x, Century; it leaves a toxic waste behind for hundreds of thousands of years; and we must be~forward thinking into a responsive, flexible and resilient energy future.file:lllC

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