ML18295A642
| ML18295A642 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 10/15/2018 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/FCSS |
| NRC/NMSS/FCSS | |
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| 83FR44922 | |
| Download: ML18295A642 (4) | |
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1 WCS_CISFEISCEm Resource From:
Ross Lockridge <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
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Monday, October 15, 2018 8:12 PM To:
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[External_Sender] NRC-2016-0231; Docket # 72-1050 May Ma,
RE: Waste Control Specialists LLCs / ISPs Consolidated Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Project
Dear May Ma and NRC,
Just over the Texas border from the state were I live, New Mexico, Waste Control Specialists (WCS) (basically of France) seek to import up to 40,000 tons of spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, from nuclear reactors around the our nation and store it on WCS existing site in Andrews County for 40 years (or longer).
Their application has nothing about the transportation routes.
This dangerous waste can lead to cancers, genetic damage and birth defects. Human exposure to unshielded high-level radioactive waste can lead to immediate death.
Homeowners insurance doesnt cover radioactive contamination.
Importing high-level radioactive waste would create risks to public health, safety and financial well-being. This project and a similar proposal by Holtec for nearby New Mexico should be halted immediately.
It is likely that waste would travel through major Texas cities and cities across the nation to reach either site.
Dont you know that under the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the WCS facility cannot legally operate, so the NRC shouldnt even be considering the license application?
However, NRC is now pushing ahead with a reformed corporate ownership (WCS) and a revised application.
2 Resolutions in Albuquerque OPPOSING the radioactive waste transport, inspired by Holtec, just over the NM border, have been recently passed. Such resolutions have also been passed by Dallas, Bexar, Nueces and Midland counties and the City of San Antonio, yet NRC HAS FAILED to host meetings in any of these locations.
New Mexicans (as well asTexans) dont want to be the home of this dangerous high-level radioactive waste, but the NRC appears to be shielding itself from knowing how Texans feel, as there has only been a single public meeting in Andrews County itself.
Andrews, is hundreds of miles from major cities that would be impacted by rail transport of radioactive waste. Trains pass through our village here in NM.
By contrast, five NRC meetings were held in New Mexico regarding Holtecs proposal there and twenty-four meetings were held for Yucca Mountain, across the country. This proposal would result in as much transport of radioactive waste across the country, but the public is being given very little opportunity to speak out.
THEREFORE, PLEASE EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINES to make way for needed hearings. Furthermore, there should be at least 180 days after license application and needed scoping and intervention materials are made available; and in Spanish. Make all public notice and license application documents available in Spanish.
This extension is needed to allow for adequate public input. Please host public meetings in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Midland and Andrews, and along likely possible (as yet unreleased) routes in New Mexico and beyond.
I agree with the following:
Again, the inadequate WCS Environmental Report must clearly identify transportation routes that would be used across the country and thoroughly examine:
- Risks to groundwater and the nearby Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight states, providing drinking water, and water for agriculture, ranching and wildlife.
- The impacts of temperature extremes, wildfires, flooding, earthquakes, tornadoes, lightning, and shifting ground (as reported in recent Southern Methodist University studies) on radioactive waste casks and canisters.
- The environmental injustice of dumping high-level radioactive waste on the largely Hispanic West Texas region.
- The adequacy of financial assurances, the stability of the new WCS owner, an equity firm
3 that buys and sells companies, and the ties of partner Orano (with a 51%, share) to the French government.
- Improved monitoring, security and worker protections are needed and the emergency plan should include actions to be taken, not just a notification structure. It appears there are no viable plans for action should an emergency arise.
I too believe that:
- 1) shipping radioactive waste to Texas would risk our health and security, financial disaster, damage to existing businesses, and contamination of land, air and waterways at the site and along transport routes.
- 2) An inadequate permanent disposal site could be created since ITS VERY LIKELY THAT THE WASTE WOULD NEVER GET MOVED TO A PERMANENT" REPOSITORY.
- 3) Such waste must remain isolated for a million years. Storing it for decades above ground in extreme climate conditions does not lead the nation toward this goal.
- 4) The NRC should halt review of the WCS license application for Consolidated Interim Storage in Texas, as well as review of the Holtec project proposed for nearby New Mexico. In the interest of our public health and safety both licenses should be denied.
Sincerely, Ross Lockridge POB 22 Cerrillos, NM 87010 Ross Lockridge murlock@raintreecounty.com Cerrillos, New Mexico 87010
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