ML18066A556

Comment (158) of Lee Mclendon Regarding Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems and Facilities

ML18066A556
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	01/03/2018
From:	McLendon L - No Known Affiliation
To:	Carol Gallagher Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
82FR52944 00158, NRC-2017-0211
Download: ML18066A556 (2)

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Blount, Barbara

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FW: Comments to NRC Docket ID NRC-2017-0211, NUREG-2215 NRC Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems and Facilities Draft, November 2017 Attachments: "NRC SONGS Comment 1:2:2017.pdf From: Lee Mclendon mclendon@hotmail.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 5:08 PM To: Gallagher, Carol <Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov>

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Comments to NRC Docket ID NRC-2017-0211, NUREG-2215 NRC Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems and Facilities Draft, November 2017 .* I tried to submit my comments (see attachment) at 1 OPM PST on January 2, 2018, but they were rejected, apparently because i missed the EST deadline.

The NRC notice states: "Submit comments

• by January 2, 20)18. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, ... " None of the people I talked to knew about the time zone detail of the deadline, which put us on the West Coast at a disadvantage.

Putting NlJREG-2214 and NUREG-2215 out during the holidays was also, in my opinion a bad idea if the maximum response was sought. Because of these complications, I am respectfully requesting that you accept and consider my comments.

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January 2, 2017 Comments to NRC Docket ID NRC-2017-0211, NUREG-2215 NRC Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems and Facilities Drafi:, November 2017 I am an Emeritus Professor with a Ph.D .. in Chemistry, considerable scientific background, and a longstanding interest in nuclear power. I strongly object to the plan to store highly radioactive wastes at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which is in a seismically active region close to the ocean and therefore vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis.

If there is absolutely no alternative to on-site storage, I urge the NRC not to approve the use of thin-walled canisters to contain these wastes. It is my understanding that the canisters proposed for use are relatively unproven and would be prone to chloride-induced stress corrosion because of their proximity to the ocean. They are not capable of being inspected for cracks, and are not repairable or transportable if cracks do develop. Only proven thick-walled casks that can be inspected internally and externally, and that are transportable, and that are enclosed in concrete buildings would provide the minimum safeguards necessary.