ML18131A155
| ML18131A155 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 05/05/2018 |
| From: | Mathews A - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | May Ma Office of Administration |
| References | |
| 83FR13802 00071, NRC-2018-0052 | |
| Download: ML18131A155 (7) | |
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~~2018 May Ma Office of Administraiion 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 (JSC1)
COMMENT(izy PUBLICATION DATE: 3/30/2018 CITATION: 83 FR 13802 RE: Docket ID NRC-2018-0052; Holtec Intemational'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. I am 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 of high-level radioactive waste through thousands of communities across the Un1ted States. I do not consentto*the nati_onwide.transportation risks of contamination of lands, aquifers, air, or the health of plaim, wildlife, and livestock. I do not consent to endangering present and future generations.
I formally request 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 docui;nent.
This Holtec"Proposal Is Contrary_ to Current La:w 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 fac1lity.
Holtec Must Remove Copyrights And All Redactions in th~ Environmental Report NRC must require Holtec to produc~ an ER that has no such copyright restriction and has no redactions.
The Impacts Of Permanent Storage Must ~A~IJ7.ed 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"coilsolidatad storage being done at an exisµng 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 :tisks and impacts of such shipments.
The Consequences To An Accident-Exposed Individual Must Be Analyzed 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 impacts of a radiologic release from*
WIPP on the proposed CIS site.
Impacts Of Future Railroads And Electric Lines Must Be Analyzed
- *Toe 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 iri. the area, there is no analysis of what many 3.0- 4.0 fracking-induced *earthquakes will have on the buried casks.
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