ML18338A577
| ML18338A577 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 11/02/2018 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/FCSS |
| NRC/NMSS/FCSS | |
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| 83FR44922 | |
| Download: ML18338A577 (2) | |
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1 WCS_CISFEISCEm Resource From:
Beverly <hwlyfstr@aol.com>
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[External_Sender] Docket # NRC-2016-0231 Gentlemen:
Why Are These Risks Being Taken?
For no good reason. Certainly not to increase public health, safety, security, or environmental protection, despite WCS and nuclear power industry claims and PR spin to the contrary. Truth be told, its to transfer liability, costs, and risks, for the highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel, from the companies that generated it, and profited from its generation, onto the backs of federal taxpayers. Thats a pretty big favor to the companies
- in fact, its unique in all of industry!
Dr. Mark Cooper of Vermont Law School calculated, in December 2013, in his expert witness comments to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Nuclear Waste Confidence/Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel EIS proceeding, calculated that the first 200 years of commercial irradiated nuclear fuel storage will cost
$210 to 350 billion (yes, with a B). (See his expert comments at <
https://web.archive.org/web/20160909042541/http://www.nirs.org/radwaste/exhibitd2013 16markcooperfinaldeclaration.pdf>, as well as the related press release at <
http://www.cleanenergy.org/2013/12/19/waste-disposal-nrc/>.) His estimate assumed two centralized interim storage sites, one repository, and ongoing on-site storage at nuclear power plants, as needed. It effectively doubled the costs of nuclear-generated electricity, because that cost had never been accounted for. Thus, centralized interim storage, as at WCS, would be yet another significant public subsidy, for the nuclear power industry, on top of more than a half-century of significant public subsidies of various sorts. (See the Union of Concerned Scientists 2011 report < http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-power/cost-nuclear-power/nuclear-power-subsidies-report#.WK3Iz4WkUZU>, for a comprehensive overview of the many assorted, unmatched by any other industry, public subsidies the nuclear power industry has enjoyed over the past several decades.)
We the People will not stand for this nuclear waste transport through our towns, cities and waterways.
Beverly Foster, Wayne, PA Virus-free. www.avg.com The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location.
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