ML18355A115
| ML18355A115 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 11/19/2018 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/FCSS |
| NRC/NMSS/FCSS | |
| References | |
| 83FR44922 | |
| Download: ML18355A115 (3) | |
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1 WCS_CISFEISCEm Resource From:
Isabella Cordero <mama.bellacordero@gmail.com>
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Monday, November 19, 2018 10:15 PM To:
WCS_CISFEIS Resource
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[External_Sender] NRC Docket 72-1050 NRC 2016-0231 NRC - WCS EIS 2018 RE: NRC Docket 72-1050 NRC 2016-0231
Dear,
Reject the Proposal to consolidate irradiated fuel because it is illegal, not allowed under federal law until there is a permanent repository operating...
Although it DOES take a rocket scientist to create nuclear waste, it doesn't take one to understand the ramifications of its impact on the environment, economy, and the threat it poses to people who call the lands it travels through home should there be any miscalculation in the transport of the said materials.
West Texas is booming, The real estate market is peaking something wonderful. Businesses are thriving. All of this is jeopardized should there be any errors in transport of the nuclear waste. Literally overnight, our entire town could be a ghost town in the worst of circumstances. A spill would be as devastating as a tsunami, wildfire, category 5 hurricane, and never-saw-it-coming-tornado. In an instant, everyone in our area could be a refugee from radiation. Million-dollar houses would be worthless in a heartbeat. Oil production would cease ina very lucrative 50-mile radius (minimum!) This is a very avoidable problem. A temporary location in Andrews is NOT the answer. Better planning for a permanent location in a more isolated area will be the wiser course of action, the benefits of which would last generations in our area, and prevent the probability of West Texas from becoming a setting eerily reminiscent of Mad Max.
I have kids. I have lived here my whole life. My parents live five minutes away. This is home. We as a community deserve better than this. West Texas deserves better than this.
Below, more in detail of the hazardous impacts of storing waste in Andrews:
Include in the Environmental Impact Statement scope, technical, social, geographic, cultural and political international impacts.
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS --
WCS already has hazardous, radioactive and mixed waste and continues to bring in more to the site proposed for high level waste. There is a uranium enrichment facility next door. The EIS must evaluate the effects of multiple hazards and impacts of accidents, releases, explosions from its neighbors EARTHQUAKES--
The area is potentially seismically active and there are large amounts of fracking and other extraction in proximity to the site, possibly even beneath the site!
SEVERE WEATHER and CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
2 The site of the proposed CIS facility in Andrews County, Texas is subject to severe weather and climatic conditions that could endanger nuclear waste containers. Extreme temperatures, wind and sand storms, wildfires, lightning strikes and storms, floods, and tornadoes can all impact the site.
PROXIMITY TO WATER--
WCS is seeking a permit to release radioactive and hazardous water to the New Mexico side of its property. There is water at the site and there are nearby major aquifer formations.
ACTS OF MALICE and OTHER DELIBERATE SABOTAGE en route to and at the proposed site must be considered, including potential drone attacks.
STORAGE CONTAINER SYSTEMS The period of storage of irradiated fuel at WCS could exceed the expected life of the dry cask containers in which it is stored. NRC must consider the industry's present inability to re-containerize nuclear waste when casks fail, the absence of a facility at the proposed WCS site to perform such operations, and the amount and source of funds to pay for it.
ENVIROMENTAL and ECONOMIC JUSTICE--
The proposed area has valuable industries and interests that would be threatened by the site. Even some of the hazardous and extractive industries that are a big part of the economy oppose the dump. West Texans have experienced environmental racism for decades. People of Color continue to be disproportionately impacted by hazardous and toxic wastes.
TRANSPORT DANGERS--
None of todays certified waste containers are designed for real world transport conditions (temperatures, crash speeds, submersion in water) and have not been physically tested despite dump-promoters' misuse of 40 year-old crash-test videos on totally different casks. The storage containers cannot be monitored for potential cracks and leaks, inspected, repaired or replaced even though we know the waste will be dangerous longer than they will last. The technology is in the future according to NRC staff. Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to prevent 10s of 1000s of shipments of the most deadly radioactive waste in super-heavy, inadequate containers over the nation's railroad tracks, roads and bridges.
Sincerely, Ms. Isabella Cordero 3204 W. Wall Street Midland, TX 79701 (432) 634-0745
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