ML16146A153
| ML16146A153 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 05/23/2016 |
| From: | Barletta L US Congress, US HR (House of Representatives) |
| To: | Eugene Dacus Office of Congressional Affairs |
| References | |
| LTR-16-0292 | |
| Download: ML16146A153 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS AF AX TRANSMISSION FROM; REP. LOUIS J. BARLETTA, 1ln1 DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANiA 1 SOUTH CHURCH STREET HAZLETON, PA 18201 TEL; (570) 751~0050 FAX: (570) 751-0054 TO: IV (l c RE: J ti\\O~ f ~i*
FROM: Vincent J. Kundrik - Constituent Services Rep.
DATE:
FAX NUMBER: Jo I -tf 1 r- ~ r-7/
PAGES: (inc. cover sheet)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS r l eo.se.
171/r!UIC you This fax and any pages transmitted with it are confidcrlfinl and Intended salely for the use o( the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This n\\cssage contains conOdential information and is intended only for Che Individual named.
If you are not the named add1*essee you should not dissemh1Rtc, distribute or copy this fax. Please notify the sender immediately by ()hone if you have received this fax by mistnke and delete this fax from your sysfcm, If you are not the hHcnded reclplenr you are nottRed tbat disclosing, copying,.~isttiburhig or taking ony action in rcltance on the contents of Chis Inf 01*mntion is strictly prohibited.
LOU BARLETTA 11 YH 01sr111c::r, PcNNSVLVAN1" TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Sue.co,._...,,,...C', ON ECONOMIC OevcLOPMENY, Pu&L1C:: Bu1L01NG$1 AND £MEIOGENCV MANAQEME"4Y EDUCATION AND TME WO~KFORCE COMMITTEE MOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE Ms. Rebecca Schmidt Cftongre~~ of tbt ltnittb j,tates rt)ou~e of l\\tprtsentatibes*
115 Cannon l>om~r. tfftc Jguflb'""
Rln91Ji11uton, ac 205\\5-38t1 To~a.-FneE (855l 141-5144 (2021 125-651 l May 23, 2016*
Director] Office of Congressional Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Dear Ms. Schmidt:
DISTRICT OFFICES
' SOl.IYH C"uAC::11 SYAEcY, Suire 100
~A2LETON, PA 18201 (5iOl 751-00SO P~ONE 106 AACH STREET SUN8Ul\\V, PA H80l (670) 988-7fl01 f"ONt'l 69 WE$T L.ou"l'l'IEI\\ Sr11eer CARLISLE, PA 17013 1717114&--0190 PHONE
'4813 JoNEaTOWN flOAD, Su1T£ 101 HAtllRISDUPIG, PA 17109 17171625-7002 Pr10N£ The enclosed infonnation concerning.my constituent, Mr. Sabatini J. Monatesti, is submitted for your consideration. Mr. Monatesti has requested my assistance regarding nuclear waste.
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in investigating this matter and informing ine of your findings and of any action you are able to take on behalf of Mr. Monatesti.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter. Please respond to me at the Hazleton Office: 1 South Church Street, Suite 100, Hazleton, PA 18201> (570) 751-0050.
All my best, d-?J~~
Lou Barletta Member of Congress LB\\VK h Ltp://barletta.ho11se.gov Mtt-ITEO ON RECVCLEO f'APift
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(Plea.so provide A brief OXJllMMjon of your prohlelll ~nd nllnch coples of any relevnnl documenl.
(T~e nddidonftl >il!lCr if ncc~SSltfY.
Talen Enetgy.fequires ari eJttenSiOl'1 o< th~ nuclear waste dfy.storage facility. The current Toileo Energy plant operates In Sal~m Township, PA and cutrent1y suppon.s abaut 1,800 to 2,000 lons of mrclearwilste. Salem Township Zoning Qnard tiealrh and safely positiOl'l \\v~s undermined by a legal position (ale.en by Talen energy anorney who stated that jurisdiction rests wilh the NRC, U.S. Oepartmeot of Energy, Office of CiVitlan Radloilctive Waste Management, Washington, o.c., 2.0585, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Match 2004, hl'Lp://www.~r,~1n.Kovb;ites/wg~Jil!Hlmecti<)/nw!'.!?t 200iJlrl_(. To my knowledge, neither l'al!n Energy nor NRC has undenakeri any evaluation of review with dtiien participation to dl!tcern If the additional dry storage would affect the health ~nd safety of the surrounding area. Through their commission of acts denving due p(ocess th~ parli~s, i.e., Yalen Enn<gy, NRC and Towl'ship Zoning Board, have undetmined t*he action of citizens of Salem Township to re~iew and participate in the design of storage as It rel'°'tes to healrh a1'd safety of rhe clcfzen of sa1em Township
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Health and Safety.review - Susquehanna Site Problem Statement:
Talen Energy requires an extension of the nuclear waste dry storage facility.
Applicabl~ Statute:
Sjm*05182016 The current Talen Energy plant operates in Salem Township, PA and currently supports about 1,800 to 2,000 ton.s of nuclear waste. Salem Townshlp Zoning Board health and safety position was undermined by a legal position taken by Talen Energy attorney who stated that jurisdiction rests with the NRC, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Rad'ioactive Waste Management, Washington, D.C., 20585, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, March 2004, http://www.energ~.gov/sites/prod/filesiedg/medla/nwpa 2004.pdf.
Talen Energy requires additional storage capacity due to Its continued life expectancy requirement (additional license extension 20 years, anticipate installing 50 to 60 additional storage units, total capacity by 2018 about 3,000 tons). Two concerns exist:
- 1. Will the additional storage impact the health and safety of the Salem Township community (includes Berwick PA), e.g., :
- a. Will the site support the additional weight given the potential for hydraulic fracturing earthquake Incident?
- b. Does Talen Energy have sufficient funds in escrow to enable decommissioning of plant, and if facility sold, what protection do the residents of the area have that decommissioning is possible without extensive citizen investment (tax dollars)?
- 2.
Has the NRC done their due diligence regarding the evaluation of the impact on community health and safety issues:
- a. Potential for cascade failure, exposure to radiation due to waste mishandling or related container breakage (44% of past failures dealt with health and safety issues)
- b. Potential for plant infrastructure fallure due to neutron bombardment or other failure (Electrical Power Distribution 22%, Component 22% and Generation Capacity 12%)
To my knowledge, neither Talen Energy nor NRC has undertaken any evaluation of review with citizen participation* to discern if the additional dry storage would affect the health and safety of the surrounding area. Through their commission of :acts denying due process the parties, i.e., Talen Energy, NRC and Township Zoning Board, have undermined the action of citizens* of Salem Township to review and participate in the design of storage as it relates to health and safety of the citizen of Salem Township NRC considers health and safety of paramount Importance, per act.
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- 1. Page 6: Evaluation -Act applies for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense activities.
Such evaluation shall take Into consideration factors relatlng to cost efficiency, health and safety, regulation, transportation, public acceptability, and national security.
- 2.
Page 9: Dlsposltlon of waste.... The Federal Government has the responslblllty to provide for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and such spent nuclear fuel as may be disposed of in order to protect the public health and safety and the environment. The costs of such di:S.Q.Osal should be the responslblllty of the generators and owners of such waste and spen..t fuel.
- 3.
Page 9: Concern - High-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel have become major subjects of public concern, and appropriate precautions must be taken to ensure t!lat such waste and spent fuel do not adversely affect the publlc health and safet¥.and the environment for this or future generations.
- 4. Page 11: Evaluation - Each nomination of a site under this subsection shall be accompanied by an environmental assessment.
which shall include a detailed statement of the basis for such recommendation and of the probable impacts of the site characterization activities planned for such site.
- 5. Page 30: Respons1blllty-Secretarv shall assist such State, and the units of general local government in the victnitv of the repository site. in resolving the offsite concerns of such State and units of general local government, including, but not limited to, questions of State llablllty arising from accidents, necessary road upgrading and access to the site, ongoing emergency preparedness and emergency response, monitoring of transportation of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fueJ through such State, conduct of baseline health studies of inhabitants in neighboring communities near the repository site and reasonable periodic monitoring thereafter, and monitoring of the repository site upon any decommissioning and decontamination.
- 6. Page 37: Disposal-Any repository constructed on a site approved under this subtitle (42 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.] shall be designed and constructed to permit the retrieval of any spent nuclear fuel placed In such repository, during an appropriate period of operation of the facility, fot any reason pertaining to the public health and safety, or the environment. or for the purpose of permitting the recovery of the economically valuable contents of such spent fuel. The Page 2
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Sjm-05182016 Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site Secretary shall specify the appropriate period of retrievability with respect to any repository at the time of design of such repository, and such aspect of such repository shall be subject to approval or disapproval by the Commission as part ofthe construction authorization process under subsections (b) through (d) of section 114 (42 u.s.c. 10134(b)-(d)]. [42 u.s.c. 10i42)
- 7.
Page 39: Interim storage-The Secretary, the Commission, and other authorized Federal officials shall each take such actions as such official considers necessary to encourage and e><pedite the effective use of available storage, and necessary additional storage, at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor consistent with-
- a. the protection of the public health and safety, and the environment;
- b. ec:onomic considerations;
- c.
continued operation of such reactor;
- d. any applicable provisions of law (Salem Township); and
- e. the views of the population surrounding such reactor. [42 U.S.C. 10152)
- 8.
Page 42: Storage - The Secretary shall provide# in accordance with paragraph (5), not more than 1.900 metric tons of capacitv for the stor~ge of spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear power reactors.
Such storage capacity shall be provided through any one or more of the following methods: (C) construction of star.age capacity at any site of a civilian nuclear power reactor.
- 9.
Page 43: Environmental review - The provision of 300 or more metric tans of storage capacity at any one Federal site under subsection (a}(1)(A) shall be considered to be a major Federaf action requiring preparation of an environmental imoact statement under section 102(2){C) of the National Environmental Polley Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)]. The Secretary shall prepare, and make avallable to the public, an environmental assessment of the probable impacts of any provision of less than 300 metric tons of storage caoacity at any one Federal site under subsection (a)(l}{A) that requires the modification or ex~ansion of any facllity at the
~,and a discussion of alternative activities that may be undertaken to avoid such impacts. Such environmental assessments shall include -
- a.
(i) an estimate of the amount of storage capacity to be made available at such site; Page3
Sjm-05182016 Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site
- b. (ii) an evaluation as to whether the facilities to be used at such site are suitable for the provision of such storage capacity;
- c.
(111) a description of activities planned by the Secretary with respect to the modification or expansion of the facllltles to
. be used at such site; (iv) an evaluation of the effects of the provision of such storage capacity at such site on the public health and safety# and the environment;
- d. a reasonable comparative evaluation of current Information with respect to such site and facilities and other sites and facilities available for the provision of such storage capacity;
- e. a description of any other sites and facilities that have been considered by the Secretary for the provision of such storage capacity; and
- f.
an assessment of the regional and local Impacts of providing such storage capacitv at such site, Including the impacts on transportation.
- 10. Page ~5: Review-in all stages of the planning. development4 modification, expansion, operation, and closure of storage capacity at a site or facility within such State for the interim storage of spent fuel from ciVilian nuclear power reactors. Publlc participation in the negotiation of such an agreement shall be provtded for and encouraged by the Secretary, the State, and the illffected Tribal Council {we have one up the road, nave they been part of the process}.
- 11. Page 46: Notification - For the purpose of this subsectio~. "process of consultation and cooperation" means a methodology by which the Secretarv (Al kee~s.the State and eligible Tribal Council fully and currently informed about the aspects of the project related to any potential Impact on the public health and safety and environment
- 12. Page 61= Survey-The Secretary shall consider the extent to which siting a monitored retrievabfe storage facility at each site surveyed would-provide for *public confidence in the abllltv of suc;h system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste; impose minimal adverse effects on the local cornmunity and the local environment; provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a timely fashion
- 13. Page 70: Content - A benefits agreement under.section 170 (42 U.S.C. 10173} shall provide that-the State or Indian tribe that is party to such agreement participate in the design of the repository or monitored retrievable storage facility and in the preparation of Page4
Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site Salem Township Resident:
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Conclusion:==
Sjm~OS182016 documents required under law or regulation governing the effects of the facility on the public health and safety;
- 14. Page 93: Dry Cask Storage - the Secretary shall - (1) consider the costs of drv cask storage technolog,v, the extent to which dry cask storage on the site of civlllan nuclear power reactors will affect human health and the environment, the extent to which the storage on the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors affects the costs and risk of transporting spent nuclear fuel to a central facility such as a monitored retrievable storage faclllty, and any other factors the Secretary considers appropriate The Implication ofthe meeting of Salem Township Zoning Board Aprll 19 is that Talen Energy and Salem Township denied the cltl2en.any right to review or assess the impact of additional waste storage. The implication was that Talen Energy was ~olng forward without any due diligence. That the citizen including local tribe would accept without concern for health and safety the decision ofTalen Energy. It was obvious that the NRC had not conducted an environmental evaluation.
The NRC nor did Talen Energy present any eviden~e of their evaluation to the citizen.
Talen Energy and the NRC should be prohibited from pursuit of this expanslo!l without review *and acceptance by Salem Township citizen.
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UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS AF AX TRANSMISSION FROM; REP. LOUIS J. BARLETTA, 1ln1 DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANiA 1 SOUTH CHURCH STREET HAZLETON, PA 18201 TEL; (570) 751~0050 FAX: (570) 751-0054 TO: IV (l c RE: J ti\\O~ f ~i*
FROM: Vincent J. Kundrik - Constituent Services Rep.
DATE:
FAX NUMBER: Jo I -tf 1 r- ~ r-7/
PAGES: (inc. cover sheet)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS r l eo.se.
171/r!UIC you This fax and any pages transmitted with it are confidcrlfinl and Intended salely for the use o( the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This n\\cssage contains conOdential information and is intended only for Che Individual named.
If you are not the named add1*essee you should not dissemh1Rtc, distribute or copy this fax. Please notify the sender immediately by ()hone if you have received this fax by mistnke and delete this fax from your sysfcm, If you are not the hHcnded reclplenr you are nottRed tbat disclosing, copying,.~isttiburhig or taking ony action in rcltance on the contents of Chis Inf 01*mntion is strictly prohibited.
LOU BARLETTA 11 YH 01sr111c::r, PcNNSVLVAN1" TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Sue.co,._...,,,...C', ON ECONOMIC OevcLOPMENY, Pu&L1C:: Bu1L01NG$1 AND £MEIOGENCV MANAQEME"4Y EDUCATION AND TME WO~KFORCE COMMITTEE MOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE Ms. Rebecca Schmidt Cftongre~~ of tbt ltnittb j,tates rt)ou~e of l\\tprtsentatibes*
115 Cannon l>om~r. tfftc Jguflb'""
Rln91Ji11uton, ac 205\\5-38t1 To~a.-FneE (855l 141-5144 (2021 125-651 l May 23, 2016*
Director] Office of Congressional Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Dear Ms. Schmidt:
DISTRICT OFFICES
' SOl.IYH C"uAC::11 SYAEcY, Suire 100
~A2LETON, PA 18201 (5iOl 751-00SO P~ONE 106 AACH STREET SUN8Ul\\V, PA H80l (670) 988-7fl01 f"ONt'l 69 WE$T L.ou"l'l'IEI\\ Sr11eer CARLISLE, PA 17013 1717114&--0190 PHONE
'4813 JoNEaTOWN flOAD, Su1T£ 101 HAtllRISDUPIG, PA 17109 17171625-7002 Pr10N£ The enclosed infonnation concerning.my constituent, Mr. Sabatini J. Monatesti, is submitted for your consideration. Mr. Monatesti has requested my assistance regarding nuclear waste.
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in investigating this matter and informing ine of your findings and of any action you are able to take on behalf of Mr. Monatesti.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter. Please respond to me at the Hazleton Office: 1 South Church Street, Suite 100, Hazleton, PA 18201> (570) 751-0050.
All my best, d-?J~~
Lou Barletta Member of Congress LB\\VK h Ltp://barletta.ho11se.gov Mtt-ITEO ON RECVCLEO f'APift
LOHJ1~.r. llJ\\UI,1nT1\\
t Ith District. P~nn$ylvnni*~
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CONORES.~IONAL CASHWORK AUTHORIZA 1'ION FORM.
Sabatini J. Monatescl A.ddrc.u:
ltmnll:.
lwnrlc:
..------------~~.......,n~*-~f_c_o_r_n_1r_th_:.L:..---------------1 J*a.s~portJA*U~1*1 Nmr1hc.t (If 1Jil.1 l.r " /mmigMtltm cmc): IL.....N_l_A ______________ __.
Ch~m. mrc (Ir en~~ N~a111ber: I TBD
~ friling*D;1(e: ~'C..._s_/_19_/_2_0_16 __, ___
__.I Ftderi11 Al!t!ncy hivolvcd in ymu* cnso: ~1-N_R
..... c __________________
M_,J
\\~h lch other uflices J1a\\1e YOlf conl:ic~cci? J'-_s_e_na_t_o_r_G_o_rd_n_e_r ____________ __.I
- r r~qucsl fhc 1LSs.istanee of~anwc.tsm.:tn f.ou JJflr.1~.un nnd Jll$ sraff Jn tho folJowlng federal matter:
(Plea.so provide A brief OXJllMMjon of your prohlelll ~nd nllnch coples of any relevnnl documenl.
(T~e nddidonftl >il!lCr if ncc~SSltfY.
Talen Enetgy.fequires ari eJttenSiOl'1 o< th~ nuclear waste dfy.storage facility. The current Toileo Energy plant operates In Sal~m Township, PA and cutrent1y suppon.s abaut 1,800 to 2,000 lons of mrclearwilste. Salem Township Zoning Qnard tiealrh and safely positiOl'l \\v~s undermined by a legal position (ale.en by Talen energy anorney who stated that jurisdiction rests wilh the NRC, U.S. Oepartmeot of Energy, Office of CiVitlan Radloilctive Waste Management, Washington, o.c., 2.0585, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Match 2004, hl'Lp://www.~r,~1n.Kovb;ites/wg~Jil!Hlmecti<)/nw!'.!?t 200iJlrl_(. To my knowledge, neither l'al!n Energy nor NRC has undenakeri any evaluation of review with dtiien participation to dl!tcern If the additional dry storage would affect the health ~nd safety of the surrounding area. Through their commission of acts denving due p(ocess th~ parli~s, i.e., Yalen Enn<gy, NRC and Towl'ship Zoning Board, have undetmined t*he action of citizens of Salem Township to re~iew and participate in the design of storage as It rel'°'tes to healrh a1'd safety of rhe clcfzen of sa1em Township
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Health and Safety.review - Susquehanna Site Problem Statement:
Talen Energy requires an extension of the nuclear waste dry storage facility.
Applicabl~ Statute:
Sjm*05182016 The current Talen Energy plant operates in Salem Township, PA and currently supports about 1,800 to 2,000 ton.s of nuclear waste. Salem Townshlp Zoning Board health and safety position was undermined by a legal position taken by Talen Energy attorney who stated that jurisdiction rests with the NRC, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Rad'ioactive Waste Management, Washington, D.C., 20585, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, March 2004, http://www.energ~.gov/sites/prod/filesiedg/medla/nwpa 2004.pdf.
Talen Energy requires additional storage capacity due to Its continued life expectancy requirement (additional license extension 20 years, anticipate installing 50 to 60 additional storage units, total capacity by 2018 about 3,000 tons). Two concerns exist:
- 1. Will the additional storage impact the health and safety of the Salem Township community (includes Berwick PA), e.g., :
- a. Will the site support the additional weight given the potential for hydraulic fracturing earthquake Incident?
- b. Does Talen Energy have sufficient funds in escrow to enable decommissioning of plant, and if facility sold, what protection do the residents of the area have that decommissioning is possible without extensive citizen investment (tax dollars)?
- 2.
Has the NRC done their due diligence regarding the evaluation of the impact on community health and safety issues:
- a. Potential for cascade failure, exposure to radiation due to waste mishandling or related container breakage (44% of past failures dealt with health and safety issues)
- b. Potential for plant infrastructure fallure due to neutron bombardment or other failure (Electrical Power Distribution 22%, Component 22% and Generation Capacity 12%)
To my knowledge, neither Talen Energy nor NRC has undertaken any evaluation of review with citizen participation* to discern if the additional dry storage would affect the health and safety of the surrounding area. Through their commission of :acts denying due process the parties, i.e., Talen Energy, NRC and Township Zoning Board, have undermined the action of citizens* of Salem Township to review and participate in the design of storage as it relates to health and safety of the citizen of Salem Township NRC considers health and safety of paramount Importance, per act.
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- 1. Page 6: Evaluation -Act applies for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense activities.
Such evaluation shall take Into consideration factors relatlng to cost efficiency, health and safety, regulation, transportation, public acceptability, and national security.
- 2.
Page 9: Dlsposltlon of waste.... The Federal Government has the responslblllty to provide for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and such spent nuclear fuel as may be disposed of in order to protect the public health and safety and the environment. The costs of such di:S.Q.Osal should be the responslblllty of the generators and owners of such waste and spen..t fuel.
- 3.
Page 9: Concern - High-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel have become major subjects of public concern, and appropriate precautions must be taken to ensure t!lat such waste and spent fuel do not adversely affect the publlc health and safet¥.and the environment for this or future generations.
- 4. Page 11: Evaluation - Each nomination of a site under this subsection shall be accompanied by an environmental assessment.
which shall include a detailed statement of the basis for such recommendation and of the probable impacts of the site characterization activities planned for such site.
- 5. Page 30: Respons1blllty-Secretarv shall assist such State, and the units of general local government in the victnitv of the repository site. in resolving the offsite concerns of such State and units of general local government, including, but not limited to, questions of State llablllty arising from accidents, necessary road upgrading and access to the site, ongoing emergency preparedness and emergency response, monitoring of transportation of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fueJ through such State, conduct of baseline health studies of inhabitants in neighboring communities near the repository site and reasonable periodic monitoring thereafter, and monitoring of the repository site upon any decommissioning and decontamination.
- 6. Page 37: Disposal-Any repository constructed on a site approved under this subtitle (42 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.] shall be designed and constructed to permit the retrieval of any spent nuclear fuel placed In such repository, during an appropriate period of operation of the facility, fot any reason pertaining to the public health and safety, or the environment. or for the purpose of permitting the recovery of the economically valuable contents of such spent fuel. The Page 2
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Sjm-05182016 Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site Secretary shall specify the appropriate period of retrievability with respect to any repository at the time of design of such repository, and such aspect of such repository shall be subject to approval or disapproval by the Commission as part ofthe construction authorization process under subsections (b) through (d) of section 114 (42 u.s.c. 10134(b)-(d)]. [42 u.s.c. 10i42)
- 7.
Page 39: Interim storage-The Secretary, the Commission, and other authorized Federal officials shall each take such actions as such official considers necessary to encourage and e><pedite the effective use of available storage, and necessary additional storage, at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor consistent with-
- a. the protection of the public health and safety, and the environment;
- b. ec:onomic considerations;
- c.
continued operation of such reactor;
- d. any applicable provisions of law (Salem Township); and
- e. the views of the population surrounding such reactor. [42 U.S.C. 10152)
- 8.
Page 42: Storage - The Secretary shall provide# in accordance with paragraph (5), not more than 1.900 metric tons of capacitv for the stor~ge of spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear power reactors.
Such storage capacity shall be provided through any one or more of the following methods: (C) construction of star.age capacity at any site of a civilian nuclear power reactor.
- 9.
Page 43: Environmental review - The provision of 300 or more metric tans of storage capacity at any one Federal site under subsection (a}(1)(A) shall be considered to be a major Federaf action requiring preparation of an environmental imoact statement under section 102(2){C) of the National Environmental Polley Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)]. The Secretary shall prepare, and make avallable to the public, an environmental assessment of the probable impacts of any provision of less than 300 metric tons of storage caoacity at any one Federal site under subsection (a)(l}{A) that requires the modification or ex~ansion of any facllity at the
~,and a discussion of alternative activities that may be undertaken to avoid such impacts. Such environmental assessments shall include -
- a.
(i) an estimate of the amount of storage capacity to be made available at such site; Page3
Sjm-05182016 Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site
- b. (ii) an evaluation as to whether the facilities to be used at such site are suitable for the provision of such storage capacity;
- c.
(111) a description of activities planned by the Secretary with respect to the modification or expansion of the facllltles to
. be used at such site; (iv) an evaluation of the effects of the provision of such storage capacity at such site on the public health and safety# and the environment;
- d. a reasonable comparative evaluation of current Information with respect to such site and facilities and other sites and facilities available for the provision of such storage capacity;
- e. a description of any other sites and facilities that have been considered by the Secretary for the provision of such storage capacity; and
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an assessment of the regional and local Impacts of providing such storage capacitv at such site, Including the impacts on transportation.
- 10. Page ~5: Review-in all stages of the planning. development4 modification, expansion, operation, and closure of storage capacity at a site or facility within such State for the interim storage of spent fuel from ciVilian nuclear power reactors. Publlc participation in the negotiation of such an agreement shall be provtded for and encouraged by the Secretary, the State, and the illffected Tribal Council {we have one up the road, nave they been part of the process}.
- 11. Page 46: Notification - For the purpose of this subsectio~. "process of consultation and cooperation" means a methodology by which the Secretarv (Al kee~s.the State and eligible Tribal Council fully and currently informed about the aspects of the project related to any potential Impact on the public health and safety and environment
- 12. Page 61= Survey-The Secretary shall consider the extent to which siting a monitored retrievabfe storage facility at each site surveyed would-provide for *public confidence in the abllltv of suc;h system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste; impose minimal adverse effects on the local cornmunity and the local environment; provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a timely fashion
- 13. Page 70: Content - A benefits agreement under.section 170 (42 U.S.C. 10173} shall provide that-the State or Indian tribe that is party to such agreement participate in the design of the repository or monitored retrievable storage facility and in the preparation of Page4
Health and Safety review - Susquehanna Site Salem Township Resident:
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Sjm~OS182016 documents required under law or regulation governing the effects of the facility on the public health and safety;
- 14. Page 93: Dry Cask Storage - the Secretary shall - (1) consider the costs of drv cask storage technolog,v, the extent to which dry cask storage on the site of civlllan nuclear power reactors will affect human health and the environment, the extent to which the storage on the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors affects the costs and risk of transporting spent nuclear fuel to a central facility such as a monitored retrievable storage faclllty, and any other factors the Secretary considers appropriate The Implication ofthe meeting of Salem Township Zoning Board Aprll 19 is that Talen Energy and Salem Township denied the cltl2en.any right to review or assess the impact of additional waste storage. The implication was that Talen Energy was ~olng forward without any due diligence. That the citizen including local tribe would accept without concern for health and safety the decision ofTalen Energy. It was obvious that the NRC had not conducted an environmental evaluation.
The NRC nor did Talen Energy present any eviden~e of their evaluation to the citizen.
Talen Energy and the NRC should be prohibited from pursuit of this expanslo!l without review *and acceptance by Salem Township citizen.
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