ML15289A405
| ML15289A405 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/2015 |
| From: | Armini A - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 80FR37664 00082, NRC-2009-0552 | |
| Download: ML15289A405 (2) | |
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N RC-2009-0552-D RAFT-0076.html As of: 9/1/15 5:06 PM Received: August 31, 2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Status: PendingPost Tracking No. ljz-8kv2-kr2j Comments Due: August 31,.201 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2009-0552 Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant License 15 4
Comment On: NRC-2009-0552-0026 Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Document: NRC-2009-0552-DRAFT-0076 Comment on FR Doc #~ 2015-15921
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Submitter Information Name: Anthony Armini
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Address:
109 Gardenia Way Nipomo, CA, 93444 Email: Tonya3 39@charter.net
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General Comment California is now in a severe drought. We need water, new water, to make our environment and our economy healthy again and the only way to get it seems to be desalination. The people of California are in favor of building Desal plants.
Diablo Canyon already desalinates water for its own use.
The plant can produce 1.5 million gallons per day and 60% of that can be made available to fight fires and to the public. PG&E and county officials have already agreed to this and are presently planning how and where to pipe the water to help the drought.
Nuclear Electricity is uniquely suited for desalination because to run efficiently a Reverse Osmosis desal plant must have full power 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day, every day, rain or shine. Solar and wind power are too intermittent to supply continuous power to a desal plant. Solar power plants have a capacity factor of about 25% which means they can only produce full name-plate power and average of 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> per day over a one year period. No one would build a large Desal plant and run it only 25%
of the time using solar power.
The largest Desal plant in the U S will come on line this fall in Carlsbad, California (near San Diego). It will produce 50 million gallons per day and needs 40 Megawatts of steady electric power. Unfortunately that power will come from burning fossil fuel further adding to our air file:lllC :/Users/CAGIDownloadslN RC-2009-O552-DRAFT-OO76.html12 1/2
9/1/2015
)l N RC-2009-0552-DRAFT-0076.html pollution.
In the near future, if the drought continues, we will need 15 to 20 Carlsbad size desal plants up and down the California coast. To power these we will need almost 1 Gigawatt more of non-solar, non-wind, power plants further increasing air pollution. More Nuclear Power is the only solution.
Diablo Canyon, and nuclear power in general, not only causes no damage to the environment it can actually improve the environment by producing power and water with no additional pollutants added to our air.
file:lllC :lU serslC AGIDownloadslN R C-2009-O552-D RAFT-OO76.html22 212
9/1/2015 41,
N RC-2009-0552-D RAFT-0076.html As of: 9/1/15 5:06 PM Received: August 31, 2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Status: PendingPost Tracking No. ljz-8kv2-kr2j Comments Due: August 31,.201 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2009-0552 Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant License 15 4
Comment On: NRC-2009-0552-0026 Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Document: NRC-2009-0552-DRAFT-0076 Comment on FR Doc #~ 2015-15921
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Submitter Information Name: Anthony Armini
/
Address:
109 Gardenia Way Nipomo, CA, 93444 Email: Tonya3 39@charter.net
£III 7F1-U,,.
.Cl i\\
General Comment California is now in a severe drought. We need water, new water, to make our environment and our economy healthy again and the only way to get it seems to be desalination. The people of California are in favor of building Desal plants.
Diablo Canyon already desalinates water for its own use.
The plant can produce 1.5 million gallons per day and 60% of that can be made available to fight fires and to the public. PG&E and county officials have already agreed to this and are presently planning how and where to pipe the water to help the drought.
Nuclear Electricity is uniquely suited for desalination because to run efficiently a Reverse Osmosis desal plant must have full power 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day, every day, rain or shine. Solar and wind power are too intermittent to supply continuous power to a desal plant. Solar power plants have a capacity factor of about 25% which means they can only produce full name-plate power and average of 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> per day over a one year period. No one would build a large Desal plant and run it only 25%
of the time using solar power.
The largest Desal plant in the U S will come on line this fall in Carlsbad, California (near San Diego). It will produce 50 million gallons per day and needs 40 Megawatts of steady electric power. Unfortunately that power will come from burning fossil fuel further adding to our air file:lllC :/Users/CAGIDownloadslN RC-2009-O552-DRAFT-OO76.html12 1/2
9/1/2015
)l N RC-2009-0552-DRAFT-0076.html pollution.
In the near future, if the drought continues, we will need 15 to 20 Carlsbad size desal plants up and down the California coast. To power these we will need almost 1 Gigawatt more of non-solar, non-wind, power plants further increasing air pollution. More Nuclear Power is the only solution.
Diablo Canyon, and nuclear power in general, not only causes no damage to the environment it can actually improve the environment by producing power and water with no additional pollutants added to our air.
file:lllC :lU serslC AGIDownloadslN R C-2009-O552-D RAFT-OO76.html22 212