ML18122A056
| ML18122A056 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 04/28/2018 |
| From: | Tiano S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 83FR13802 00043, NRC-2018-0052 | |
| Download: ML18122A056 (2) | |
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SUNSI Review Complete Template= ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD= Antoinette Walker Smith JILL Caverly {jscl)
PUBLIC SUBMISSION Docket: NRC-2018-0052 As of: 5/1/18 9:18 AM Received: April 28, 2018 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. lk2-92uf-co43 Comments Due: May 29, 2018 Submission Type: Web Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project COMMENT #43 PUBICATION DATE:
3/30/2018 Comment On: NRC-2018-0052-0001 Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project Document: NRC-2018-0052-DRAFT-0034 Comment on FR Doc# 2018-06398 Name: DR SUSAN TIANO Address:
4609 ROBIN A VE NE ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87110 Email: STIANO@UNM.EDU Submitter Information General Comment CITATION# 83 FR 13802 I AM DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL'S INTERIM STORAGE PLAN.
TO PUT SPENT MATERIAL FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. IN A SINGLE PLACE IS A HORRIBLE IDEA; IT WOULD MAKE OUR STA.TE A TARGET FOR TERRORISM. WHAT MAKES THIS IDEA PARTICULARLY POIGNANT IS THE FACT THAT OUR STATE HAS ALREADY DONE SO MUCH MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE TO HELP THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY. SO MANY NEW MEXICANS NOW HAVE CANCER FROM ALL THE RADIATION WE HAVE HAD TO BEAR DUE TO PAST ATOMIC TESTING--ONE OF MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW IS DYING FROM A RARE CANCER THAT SHE DEVELOPED FROM BEING EXPOSED TO THE BOMB TESTING AT WHITE SANDS; HER OTHERFAMILYMEMBERS HAVEALREADYDIED FROM IT. AND MY STEPFATHER DIED OF BRAIN CANCER AT AGE 26; HE WAS A NUCLEAR ENGINEER AT LOS ALAMOS (LANL). OUR CANCER RATE IN THIS STATE IS HIGHER THAN ELSEWHERE, BUT NOBODY WILL ADMIT THE ROLE OF THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN CAUSING SUCH A HIGH RATE OF CANCER IN OUR STATE.
IT'S EASY FOR A FLY-BY-NIGHT COMPANY LIKE HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL TO MAKE A HUGE PROFIT AT OUR EXPENSE BY BRINGING ALL THIS HORRIBLE MATERIAL INTO OUR STATE AND msT LEAVING IT THERE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO DEAL WITH. THE HALF-LIFE OF THIS MATERIAL IS SO LONG THAT ONCEIT'S THERE WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO BE RID OF IT, AND IT'S UNLIKELY IT WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO A SAFER LOCATION, IF ONE IS EVER
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ESTABLISHED, BECAUSE IT WILL BE TOO DANGEROUS TO MOVE IT AGAIN. WE DO NOT HAVE THE REGULATORY POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE--EITHER AT THE STATE OR NATIONAL LEVEL-- TO ENSURE THAT HOLTEC KEEPS ITS PROMISES AND DOESN'T HARM OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE HA VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MINERAL COMPANIES MAKE A MESS AND THEN LEA VE THE MESS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO CLEAN UP.
IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAUL ALL THIS MATERIAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY--
ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE (OUR ROADS, RAILWAY TRACKS, BRIDGES AND SO ON) HAS BEEN SO UNDERFUNDED THAT IT IS IN NO WAY SAFE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRANSPORTATION OF ALL THIS SPENT MATERIAL. HAVE I MENTIONED THAT THE ROADS IN NEW MEXICO ARE SOME OF THE WORST IN THE SOUTHWEST, AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. AND WE HA VE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DRUNK DRIVING IN THE NATION--DRUNK DRIVERS CAUSE SEVERAL AUTO ACCIDENTS IN NEW MEXCIO EACH DAY. WILL HOLTEC PAY FOR THE DAMAGES CAUSED BY ACCIDENTS ON OUR HORRIBLE ROADS OR CRASHES DUE TO DRUNK DRIVING?
WE HA VE MUCH BETTER SOURCES OF ENERGY THAN NUCLEAR. ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT RETARDS ITS UNFETTERED DEVELOPMENT IS THE LACK OF PLACES TO STORE THE SPENT FUEL. IF THERE IS A READY DUMPING PLACE TO PUT THE SPENT MATERIAL, COMPANIES WILL MOVE FORWARD WITHNEWNUCLEARPOWERPLANTS AND CREATE MORE AND MORE OF THIS DANGEROUS MATERIAL. WHERE WILL IT STOP? IT'S NOT msT NEW MEXICANS WHO WILL SUFFER.
, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS ILL CONCEIVED PLAN.