ML18219A724
| ML18219A724 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 07/08/2018 |
| From: | Courtright S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | May Ma Office of Administration |
| References | |
| 83FR13802 00276, NRC-2018-0052 | |
| Download: ML18219A724 (2) | |
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SUNSI Review Complete May Ma Template= ADM-013 COMMENT (276)
PUBLICATION DATE: 3/30/2018 CITATION# 83 FR 13802 Office 0~!.\\qmini.~tr~y~n
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RE: Dol!kdif1~C~2018-0b52; Holtecl11t~:riiiltional's HI-STORE Spent Fuel Waste Facility Nucle~i~~a~~ Commission:
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I am extrenieJy'*bonceriied about the Consolidat~a Interim Stotage:(CiS) facipty pr6po~ea*tiy '*i' *.*
Holtec Interrilftioriafio' store up to -100,000*fueffi&Wns ofhfgf,.~ltvef-taoio~c'tf~-e'~Jst~*m southeast i"'
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- I Ne"Y Mexico. !;respectfully s1;1bniit t~~ foll9~g comm~nts regar~ng ~~ proposal 'it~~ff ~d :~~..
scop~ of the ~vironm~ntal Review ~~ analysis for the Environmental Impact Statement* (EIS).
I am submifting,th~se.comments becaus~ I do ~oJ consent to New Mexico becoming.a national dumping,gi;"~~d for '.'spent fuel"" from _ey.ery -~~sle~ reactor,,~-~' country. J.4o _.:µ~~ ~0:Il~fnt to transporting up to I 0,000..canisters of highly. ~f oactive wast~ through co.mmunitie~ natfonwicl:~.,
d~;n.~~,fo~s~~t !? ~,9 ~s~,9f con~~qn ?f9;U! lands_," aq~fers, air, or the health of our.people, plants, wildlife~ and livestock. I do not ~bnsent to endangenng present and future generations.
I formally r;que~t ~d~tfoti~ fub}ic Sc~pu{g.M~etings for other.l;OmtnUW~ies throughout. tl}~
United ~ifttes (U;,Si)_ ~t :w,i.Jl be)nip~p~~ct ~y.Uie transport of tp~,~~ waste' camsters.
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,I This Hoitec P~oi,Jsai Is* e~nt~~ey* To c~'rierit Law.'
'";.. f; Clllir~}llt law only.aUows the U.S. Department 9f Energy to take title to commercial spent fuel "following commencement of opeJ'ittion of a repository" or at a DOE-owned and operated_ monitored retrievable storage ;fb_cility. The Holtec site meets neither requirement, asiHs a;priva~ facility::.'. i *
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Holtec Mu;t'Reinove co"~yright~ And A\\i liJ&actions in the Environmental Report (ER)
- NRC must req\\lire I:Iolte.q to p:r.oduc~ anER that has n9..~uch c.opyrighf restrictions and has no. redactipp.s. 1i*ii 1hnpossible"'tq,m~ke recommendatj<;>.~ e>n the' s~ope of analyses pf these
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'.);..\\le _Imp~cts* Of Perm.,nent S(?'rage ~µsf~~ Analyzed,.,.
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.. The ER is incomplete because it.does.not analyze the impacts of the spenffuel being left at the.~oltec site indefinitely. The.::gIS needs to incluqe an analysis* of the impacts of,
perm.anent storage shoitld the CIS facility become a de facto permanent waste.. site.
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More Alternatives Must Be Analyze<J Th~ high-level radioa~tive waste i~, {9Q;.~ang~r~us t~ mo:v.e. and c~ re~ain.,on ~~~~ *.f~r iµaµ.y more years. It should not oe moved until all alternatives are *analyzed, including'Jfoeping
- ***:**.,.; th~'Waste whenfili~ irl'some: form offlai'dened Ort Sife-Storage:(HOSS) on the reactor sites-Or at*suitable.locations as close tdlth~ reactors as p'ossible to minimize "transport.risks.
~ The altepiative of consolidated storage at an existing licensed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility (ISFSI) must also be analyzed.
All Ti*ansportation Rdo.l~s *nd Risks'Musf B~: Analyzed. '.
,. *. 'J)ieJi:Is. ~ust include all possible transportation routes and study the potential impacts
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.. endangered species), and occupational safety along these routes.
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- The Consequences To An Accident-Exposed Individual Must Be Analyzed ',.
Terms like "collective dose risk" and "petsbn-rem" are used to ignore the potential impacts t~ a sin~le individual.
ii. All possible human *exposures from routn1e and accidental radioactive releases during trruispofr and at the site -niust be clearly. def.ined in plain language,.for individuals near waste. on 9ccasion. and work~rs who ar~ tqmsporting or working at the CIS site long-term.
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Cracked Amf Leaking**canisters Must Be Addressed *,
The Ell°does not analyze exactly how radfoactive waste from a cracked and leaking canister would be handled, since there is*no wet:pool or hot cell at the site. The EIS must
,;* include how cracked and leaking canisters will be handled onsite and during transport and analyze possible environmental impacts if leaks or spills occur from cracked canisters.
More Cumulative Impacts Must Be Analyzed* *
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- Tue *ER mentions the Waste Isolation Pilot*Plant (WIPP) but (\\oes not analyze the impacts of a radiologic release from WIPP on the )ropbsed CIS site.
- the impacts from *WIPP and possible inipa'cts* from and to the local oil and gas industries need to be analyzed and included in the EJ.S..
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Seismic lmpads On Stored Casks Must Be Stated*
Although the ER-give~ a-statement on r~eerifseismic activir; in the area,, there is no.
analysis of what fracking-induced earthquakes will have on the buried casks. These impacts need to be analyzed and included in the EIS.
-F~ture Eie~trical Transmissi~n Lines and Pl~~bing 1'nfrast~uctti~e *iv.J:ust Be Analyzed Impacts from new electrical lines and plumbing must be included in EIS.
Economic Impacts Must Be Analyzed For The Different Phases of the Project
- . 'fh~ economic impacts m~st be studied and clearly state allY
- PO~itive or'negative impacts from this site': 'initially, after construction is complete, and throughout th~ whole J20, years.
How many jobs will be created? How many are only t~mporary and_ how many are permanent? How may will go to local residents?.
A Thoro'!lgh Environmeri.tal Justice (EJ) Analysis M~st Be Included in t~e E.I~.
Impact~ to E.J communities near,the site and along*transport routes must be stud,i~d, including but noflimited to' economic and health* i.inpacts that are :spec_ific to. lo"".e~' ip.come and'i:>~ople of color. com_munities., For indigenous populations l~.ca~ed.ne~ thy *s~t.~. or along transport routes, this* EJ :analysis mµst include impacts to culturally important natural resource~~* such' as:* sacred places, traditional food sources, an4 traditional ~e4j~al plants.