ML16011A025

Comment (32) of Mary Ann Baier on DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement

ML16011A025
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	12/20/2015
From:	Baier M A - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR68881 00032, NRC-2014-0109
Download: ML16011A025 (2)

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PUBLIC SUBMISSION Page 1 of 2 As of: 1/6/16 1:04 PM Received:

December 20, 2015 Status: PendingPost Tracking No. ljz-8mx9-6psw Comments Due: December 28, 2015 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2014-0109 License Renewal Application; Fermi 2 Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033 DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Document:

NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0044 Comment on FR Doc # 2015-28265 Infrmaion-m" Submitter Information Name: Mary Ann Baier ,Itc... ......... ";3 ... ;C i:iV General Comment _ '1. The GE Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), of which Fermi 2 is one example, has serious design flaws which give a high probability of catastrophic failure.2. Actual demand for electricity in Michigan has declined, not grown, since 2007. Michigan does not need electricity from Fermi 2 or from the proposed Fermi 3 reactor.3. Emergency planning for regional evacuation is completely inadequate.

A 50-mile evacuation zone should be the basis of planning, as evidenced by NRC evaluation of the Fukushima disaster.4. Fermi 2's effects on public health have been demonstrably and significantly negative.

Cancer rates, cancer deaths and mortality from other illnesses have increased in regions around nuclear reactors generally and in the region around Fermi 2 specifically.

5. Thermal discharges from Fermi 2 into Lake Erie have contributed to creation of public health emergencies with municipal drinking water. Lake Erie's shallow western basin has proven much less able to handle thermal discharges than was anticipated when Fermi 2 was initially approved.6. Radiation protection standards by which Fermi 2 has been evaluated are in fact inadequate to protect children.7. The severe accident analysis for Fermi 2's spent fuel pooi is simply wrong. Potential accidents originating from the spent fuel pool actually have severe consequences.

This is one of the design flaws of GE Mark 1 BWRs..file :///C:/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html

/6/01 01/06/2016 Page 2 of 2 8. There numerous endangered species in and near to the Fermi 2 site, for which no analysis of the effects of Fermi 2's operation has been done.9. The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster (according to the NRC task force on this issue) have not been applied to Fermi 2, and there are no plans to apply those lessons.10. Numerous Native American/First Nations conmmunities have treaty rights affected by the continued operation of Fermi 2, but the effects of Fermi 2 on these communities has not been evaluated and the legal standing of some of these communities is not recognized by the NRC.file :///C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html 010/01 01/06/2016 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Page 1 of 2 As of: 1/6/16 1:04 PM Received:

December 20, 2015 Status: PendingPost Tracking No. ljz-8mx9-6psw Comments Due: December 28, 2015 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2014-0109 License Renewal Application; Fermi 2 Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033 DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Document:

NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0044 Comment on FR Doc # 2015-28265 Infrmaion-m" Submitter Information Name: Mary Ann Baier ,Itc... ......... ";3 ... ;C i:iV General Comment _ '1. The GE Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), of which Fermi 2 is one example, has serious design flaws which give a high probability of catastrophic failure.2. Actual demand for electricity in Michigan has declined, not grown, since 2007. Michigan does not need electricity from Fermi 2 or from the proposed Fermi 3 reactor.3. Emergency planning for regional evacuation is completely inadequate.

A 50-mile evacuation zone should be the basis of planning, as evidenced by NRC evaluation of the Fukushima disaster.4. Fermi 2's effects on public health have been demonstrably and significantly negative.

Cancer rates, cancer deaths and mortality from other illnesses have increased in regions around nuclear reactors generally and in the region around Fermi 2 specifically.

5. Thermal discharges from Fermi 2 into Lake Erie have contributed to creation of public health emergencies with municipal drinking water. Lake Erie's shallow western basin has proven much less able to handle thermal discharges than was anticipated when Fermi 2 was initially approved.6. Radiation protection standards by which Fermi 2 has been evaluated are in fact inadequate to protect children.7. The severe accident analysis for Fermi 2's spent fuel pooi is simply wrong. Potential accidents originating from the spent fuel pool actually have severe consequences.

This is one of the design flaws of GE Mark 1 BWRs..file :///C:/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html

/6/01 01/06/2016 Page 2 of 2 8. There numerous endangered species in and near to the Fermi 2 site, for which no analysis of the effects of Fermi 2's operation has been done.9. The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster (according to the NRC task force on this issue) have not been applied to Fermi 2, and there are no plans to apply those lessons.10. Numerous Native American/First Nations conmmunities have treaty rights affected by the continued operation of Fermi 2, but the effects of Fermi 2 on these communities has not been evaluated and the legal standing of some of these communities is not recognized by the NRC.file :///C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html 010/01 01/06/2016