ML18355A805
| ML18355A805 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2018 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/FCSS |
| NRC/NMSS/FCSS | |
| References | |
| 83FR44922 | |
| Download: ML18355A805 (3) | |
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1 WCS_CISFEISCEm Resource From:
H. Michael McQuown <mmcquown@mindspring.com>
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 2:11 PM To:
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[External_Sender] Docket No. 72-1050; NRC-2016-0231 Waste Control Specialists LLCs
/ ISPs Consolidated Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Project Nuclear Regulatory Commission WCS Waste Storage Application RE: Docket No. 72-1050; NRC-2016-0231 Waste Control Specialists LLCs / ISPs Consolidated Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Project
Dear Nuclear Regulatory Commission WCS Waste Storage Application,
Dear Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
I'm an American citizen, and I vote!
I urge you to reject the outrageous proposal by Waste Control Specialists and its partner to import up to 40,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactors around the country and store it in Andrews County for 40 years, or longer. Exposure to this dangerous waste can lead to cancers, genetic damage, birth defects and ultimately, even death.
Homeowners insurance does NOT cover radioactive contamination. Importing high-level radioactive waste would create risks to public health, safety, and financial well-being.
The NRC has not held a single public meeting on the revised application. Shameful!
The NRC held only one meeting in Texas on the original application, and that was in Andrews, hundreds of miles from major cities that would be adversely affected by rail transport of radioactive waste. Resolutions opposing the radioactive waste plans and transport were passed by Dallas, Bexar, Nueces, and Midland counties, and the cities of San Antonio and Denton, but the public has NOT been given an opportunity to speak out in NRC public hearings. Why are you hiding this issue from the public's right to know?
Please extend public intervention and public comment deadlines by AT LEAST 180 days to allow for public input; AND host public meetings in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Midland, and Andrews - and other locations - all of which would be negatively affected by this dangerous proposal.
The WCS Environmental Report is clearly inadequate. It should be expanded to clearly identify:
- 1. Transportation routes that would be used across the country; 2. Risks to groundwater and the nearby Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight states, providing drinking water and water for agriculture, ranching, and wildlife; 3.
The negative affects 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 - which CAN leak!; 4. The environmental injustice of dumping high-level radioactive waste on the largely Hispanic West Texas region; and 5. The adequacy of financial assurances, the stability of J.F. Lehman, the new WCS owner, and the ties of partner Orano (which has a 51 percent project share) to the French government.
2 Obviously, improved monitoring, security, and worker protections are needed, and the emergency plan should include actions to be taken in the event of an accident, NOT merely a notification "structure". It appears there are NO viable plans for action, should an emergency arise.
Sending radioactive waste to this site would risk public health and security for residents near the site, AND along transportation routes. An inadequate permanent disposal site would be created, since its likely that the waste will never get moved to a permanent repository.
This radioactive waste will be dangerous for a million years! Storing it for decades above ground in extreme climate conditions is too risky. In the interest of our public health and safety, this poorly constructed, ill-thought-out license should be denied.
Thank you for your consideration of all my serious concerns.
Sincerely, Sincerely, H. Michael McQuown 27707
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