ML18131A153
| ML18131A153 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 04/22/2018 |
| From: | Stein C - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | May Ma Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 83FR13802 00069, NRC-2018-0052 | |
| Download: ML18131A153 (2) | |
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April, 22, 2018 MayMa Office of Administration Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-:- 0001 SUNSI Review Complete Template= ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD= Anntoinette Walker-
. Smith' Jill Caverly (JSCl)
COMMENT <ii;)
PUBLICATION DATE:
3/30/2018 CITATION: 83 FR 13802 RE: Docket ID NRC-2018-0052; Holtec lntemational's HI-STORE CIS Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel, Lea County, New Mexico NRC:
I respectfully submit these scoping comments on the Holtec Environmental Report (ER) to bring up to 100,000 metric tons of spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, from nuclear reactors around the country to southeast New Mexico. lam submitting the following comments because I do not support making New Mexico a national radioactive waste dumping ground. I do not consent to transporting up to 10,000 canisters ofhigh:.level radioactive waste through thousands of communities across the United States. I do not consent to the nationwide transportation risks of contamination of lands, aquifers, air, or the health of plants, wildlife, and livestock. I do not consent to endangering present and future generations.
I formallyrequest a 60-day Extension Of Time For This Comment Period. A 60-day comment period places an undo burden on the public to respond to this 543-page technical document_
This HoltecProposal Is Contrary to Current Law Current law only allows the U.S. Department of Energy to take title to commercial spent fuel following commencement of operation of a repository" or at a DOE-owned and operated monitored retrievable storage facility. The Holtec site meets neither requirement, as it is a private facility.
Holtec Must Remove Copyrights And All Redactions in the Environmental Report NRC must require Holtec to produce an ER that has no such copyright restriction and has no redactions.
The Impacts Of Permanent Storage Must Be Analyzed.
The Environmental Report (ER)is inadequate and incomplete because it does not analyze the impacts of the spent fuel being left at the Holtec site indefinitely.
More Alternatives Must Be Analyzed Keeping the spent fuel casks in some form of Hardened On Site Storage (HOSS) on the
- reactor sites must be analyzed.
- The alternative of consolidated storage being done at an existing licensed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility (ISFSI) must be analyzed.
The Environmental Report inadequately discusses the transportation Risks This ER must include all transportation routes and the potential impacts of accidents or terrorism incidents on public health and safety along all the routes.
The ER is inadequate and incomplete because it does not discuss how rail shipments from reactors without rail access would be accomplished and the risks and impacts of such shipments.
The Consequences To An Accident-Exposed Individual Must Be Analyzed Ill Terms like "collective dose risk" and "person-rem" are used to ignore the potential impacts to a single individual.
Cracked And Leaking Casks Must Be Addressed The ER does not analyze exactly how radioactive waste from a cracked and leaking canister would be handled, since there is no wet pool or hot cell at the site.
More Cumulative Impacts Must Be Analyzed The ER mentions WIPP but does not analyze the impactsof a radiologic release from WIPP on the proposed CIS site.
Impacts Of Future Railroads And Electric Lines Must Be Analyzed The railroads and electric lines are not in place, but must be analyzed.
How many of the estimated 135 jobs will go to locals?
The total number of annual workers at the site could total as many as 135 when construction jobs are combined with the operating workforce.
Seismic Impacts On Stored Casks Must Be Stated Although the ER gives a statement on recent seismic activity in the area, there is no analysis.of what many 3.0-4.0 fracking-induced earthquakes will have on the buried casks.
If this is still a democratic nation, then listen to us, the people who know and care about this issue.
If you care about ethics at all, consider the future, our grandchildren who will live in US environments. Do you really want to risk that? Please listen and think. There are better ways! If you are religious at all, then may God have mercy on you and your choice!
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