ML19269B744

Limited Appearance Statement from Herb Moyer Regarding the Seabrook Station Unit 1 License Amendment Application

ML19269B744
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	09/23/2019
From:	Moyer H Seacoast Anti-Pollution League
To:	Mattison M Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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From: Herb Moyer To: Mattison, Molly

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[External_Sender] Evidentiary Hearing of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) on C-10"s Challenge to Seabrook Station"s concrete testing and monitoring protocols Date: Monday, September 23, 2019 4:31:43 PM Members of the ASLB, I have been involved in Seabrook licensing hearings as a member of the Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SAPL) since they were first run at the school where I taught Biology in the early 1970's (Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, NH). As the President of SAPL from 2006 - Present, I was involved in the licensing proceedings which rejected SAPL's contention that there were reliable energy alternatives, (namely... Offshore Wind) to extending the operating license for Seabrook to the year 2050. The NRC wasn't listening then, and I suspect it will pay no attention to C-10"s ASR contention and the testimony of Dr. Saouma, who has correctly exposed the work being done to prove the tensile strength of the concrete by the Texas consulting firm as "Junk Science". Furthermore, as a former teacher of Science, I find it ludicrous that such "scientific" work that is being done, ostensibly to prove that the continued operation of Seabrook will not threaten the health and safety of area residents, is being done "in the dark", where reputable analysis of the work cannot be confirmed because of so-called "Proprietary Techniques" , which are NOT made available to allow a complete analysis to either confirm or refute the consultant's claims. You might expect such shoddy techniques in a third world dictatorship, but would NOT expect to see such folly in America.

The NRC pretends that it listens to the public in such hearings. However, the extensive record of NRC rulings is replete with evidence to the contrary. History will show that the people who were involved in making such decisions were putting the public in harm's way. Dr. Gregory Jaczko is correct: nuclear power is a dying technology. Why don't you let it die a dignified death, instead of being linked with decisions that have put the public at greater risk of loss of health and property ?

There WILL be another nuclear accident in the U.S.. I hope you have factored that into your moral calculus !

Herb Moyer 51 Westside Drive Exeter, NH 03833 603-772-6910 Cell 603-231-3083 herb.moyer@comcast.net https://act.350.org/donate/GCS-4