ML19289D181

Limited Appearance Statement from Patricia Pierce Regarding the Seabrook Station Unit 1 License Amendment Application

ML19289D181
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	10/11/2019
From:	Pierce P - No Known Affiliation
To:	Ronald Spritzer Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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CITY OF GLOUCESTER AGENDA GLOUCESTER BOARD OF HEAL TH October 3, 2019 @ 5:30 PM CATA Training Room Public Health Prevent. Promote. Protect.

3 Pond Road Gloucester, MA 01930 (This meeting is recorded)

New Business

• Creation of Dental Center Advisory Board Old Business

• UPDATE: Sandpiper Bakery, 65 Middle Street, RE: Department order dated April 18, 2019 Monthly Department Report Concerns of the Board Next Regular Monthly Meeting Board of Health - November 7, 2019 The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

NOTE: Order of agenda can he modified at Board's discretion Pagel oft

PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE ADDRESSED TO U 5 CONGRESS UNDER ARTICLES ADDRESSED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS UNDER HOME RULE PROVISIO NS OF LAW:

WE ARE AGGRIEVED BY DECEPTION, DISTORTION OF FACT, REGARDING THE TOXIC NATURE OF OPERATING DISCHARGE FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT NUCLEAR POWER WAS SAFE. CLEAN AND CHEAP. THIS WAS NEVER TRUE. ATOM IC FISSION 15 THE MOST DAMAGING TECHNOLOGY. RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES CREATED BY FISSION ARE ROUTINELY DISCHARGED TO ATMOSPHERE AND OCEANS, KILLING CHLOROPHYLL, THUS STOPPING PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN ALL PLANKTON, TREES, ALL LIVING GREEN PROCESSES.

SEABROOK REACTOR HAS BEEN DISCHARGING PERMANENT TOXIC RADIOACTIVE PLUMES FOR THIRTY YEARS AND IS LICENSED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 2050.

THE OCEANS ARE RISING. STORM SURGES AND FLOODING ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS. AT FUKUSHIMA TIDAL WAVE SURGE CAUSED FAILURE OF ELECTRIC COOLING SYSTEMS RESULTING IN ME LTDOWN. FUKUSHIMA IS NOT FIXABLE. IT IS PERMANENT, IRREPARABLE. SEABROOK IS SUBJECT TO TIDAL SURGE, MARSH ACTION. SALTWATER IS ERODING THE CONCRETE BY ALKALI- SILI CA CHEMICAL REACTION CAUSING MICRO AND MACRO-CRACKING OF " BELOW GRADE WALLS" IE FOUNDATION WALLS. THERE ARE NO VERTICAL REINFORCING BARS ONLY CONCRETE CAST HORIZONTAL RE-INFORCING BARS. TH ERE IS NO REPAIR POSSSIBLE.

WE ASK THAT THE REACTOR BE REMOVED BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE HAPPENS.THERE. IS NO PLACE TO TAKE THE PIECES OF CONTAMINATED CONCRETE. THE ORIGINAL LIE " OF SAFE, CLEAN CHEAP" IS REVEALED AFTER THE PERMANENT DAMAGE IS DONE. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE SEABROOK REACTOR IN PLACE IN THE MARSH TO BE INUNDATED BY THE SEA. SEE PHOTOS SIGNATURES: REC'.l':~\fED Boarr:..._4 t;"t

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1] THE PURSUIT OF ATOMIC FISSION FOR MILITARY AND CIVIC PURPOSE WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN SECRECY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE OF U.S.

CITIZENS. WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SUBM IT TO PERMANENT CONTAMINATION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY WITH OUT OUR CONSENT. WE PROTESTED.

2] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE COMPELLED TO ACCEPT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY DESPITE THE EXTREME DANGER INVOLVED IN ALL STAGES OF PRODUCTON OF WEAPONS AND ELECTRIC GENERATION BY ATOMIC FISSION.

3] WE WERE TOLD THAT ATOMIC FISSION BY NUCLEAR REACTORS WAS "SAFE, CLEAN AND CHEAP". THAT WAS NOT TRUE. 1000 MEGA WATI REACTORS DISCHARGE 40,000 CURIES PER YEAR TO AIR AND ALL WATERS CAUSING PERMANENT TOXICITY, IRREPARABLE DESTRUCTION OF CHLOROPHYLL AND E-N-9.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN ALL NATURAL PROCESSES.

4] WE SEEK THE TERMINATION OF THIS DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY. NO PERSON WOULD WILLINGLY AGREE TO PERMANENT DESTRUCTION OF OUR LIVES AND PROPERTIES.

WE SEE THE DECEPTION AND COMPULSION TO SUBMIT TO THIS HAZARDOUS TECHNOLOGY AS A CRIMINAL TYRANNY OVER OUR LIVES .

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TEXT OF PROPOSED LEDER TO NIK FROM ROCKPORT BOARD OF SELECTMEN WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE SEABROOK NUCLEAR REACTOR HAS BEEN DISCHARGING RADIOACTIVE OPERATING GASSES DAILY TO THE AIR AND OCEAN OUTFALL SINCE 1990.

THE OCEAN DISCHARGE TRAVELLS BY COASTALGYRES SOUTH TO ALL SHORES, BEACHES AND ROCK OUTCROPPING. THE DISCHARGE TO THE ATMOSPHERE TRAVELS BY AIRBORNE PLUMES OF HOT GASSES THAT COOL AND DROP OVER COASTAL INTERFACES AND TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES SUCH AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MARSHES, SWAMPS AND VALLEYS PROVOKE TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND THUS CAUSE DEPOSITION.

WE MUST REFUSE ANY AND ALL DEPOSITION _OF RADIOACTIVE.GAS, FALLOUT PARTICLES OR ANY FORM OF RADIATION DISCHARGE ON TOWN OF ROCKPORT GEOGRAPHY, COASTAL OR INLAND , ALL WATER SURFACES FRESH OR SALT WATER.

RESEARCH FROM SCOTLAND, GERMANY AND SERBIAN UNIVERSITIES SHOW THAT RADIATION FALLOUT KILLS CHLOROPHYLL THUS STOPPING PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

• THIS RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE KILLS PLANKTON, TREES AND OTHER LIVING ORGANISMS.

TEXT OF PROPOSED LEITER TO NRC FROM ROCKPORT BOARD OF SELECTMEN WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE SEABROOK NUCLEAR REACTOR HAS BEEN DISCHARGING RADIOACTIVE OPERATING GASSES DAILY TO THE AIR AND OCEAN OUTFALL SINCE 1990.

THE OCEAN QISCHARGE TRAVELLS BY COASTAL GYRES SOUTH TO ALL SHORES, BEACHES AND ROCK OUTCROPPING. THE DISCHARGE TO THE ATMOSPHERE TRAVELS BY AIRBORNE PLUMES OF HOT GASSES THAT COOL AND DROP OVER COASTAL INTERFACES AND TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES SUCH AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MARSHES, SWAMPS AND VALLEYS PROVOKE TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND THUS CAUSE DEPOSITION.

WE MUST REFUSE ANY AND ALL DEPOSITION OF RADIOACTIVE.GAS, FALLOUT PARTICLES OR ANY FORM OF RADIATION DISCHARGE ON TOWN OF ROCKPORT GEOGRAPHY, COASTAL OR INLAND, ALL WATER SURFACES FRESH OR SALT WATER.

RESEARCH FROM SCOTLAND, GERMANY AND SERBIAN UNIVERSITIES SHOW THAT RADIATION FALLOUT KI LLS CHLOROPHYLL THUS STOPPING PHOTOSYNTHESIS. THIS RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE KILLS PLANKTON, TREES AND OTHER LIVING ORGANISMS.

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OF TEXT JUNE 10. 2019 RESEARCH DOCUMENTS FROM UNIVERSITIES IN SCOTLAND, GERMANY AND SERBIA PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING HAZARDOUS IMPACT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ON CHLOROPHYLL AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN TREES AND OTHER PLANTS.

THE PROCESS OF ATOMIC FISSION DESTABILIZES ATOMIC STRUCTURE. TH E DIVISION OF THE ATOM RELEASES NEW RADIO- ISOTOPES THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE. THESE NEW RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES CANNOT BE CONTAINED IN REACTOR STRUCTURES AND MUST BE DISCHARGED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THESE HOT GASSES TRAVEL IN COHERENT PLUMES.

• THE SEABROOK REACTOR HAS BEEN DISCHARGING ITS OPERATING GASSES DAILY SINCE 1990.

THOSE GASSES TRAVEL AS COHERENT HOT PLUMES ON PREVAILI NG WINDS USUALLY FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST OVER IPSWICH BAY. fHE PLUMES COOL AND DROP OVER TEMPERATURE AND TOPOGRf\PHIC INTERFACES, NAMELY COASTAL AREAS AND ELEVATED LANDS. THE PLUMES DEPOSIT FALLOUT DUST ON TREES, FORESTS, FARMS, COASTAL WATERS.

THE TREES OF ROCKPORT AND ALL SURROUNDING COMMUMITIES ARE DYING OR STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. THIS IS NOT A REVERSIBLE PROCESS. LOSS OF CHLOROPHYLL DU E TO RADIATI ON IMPACT IS A DAILY CHALLENGE. LEAF SIZE DIMINISHES, GROWTH RATES ARE ALTERED, SPARSE FO LIAGE, DEAD STUMPS REPLACE LIMBS AND BRANCHES, SEE, DRIVE BY WOODBURY HILL ROAD ON LANESVILLE ROCKPORT TOWN LIN ES ABOVE WOODBURY STREAM VALLEY.

WHAT CAN ROCKPORT BOARD OF SELECTMEN DO TO MITIGATE TH.IS TRAGIC LOSS OF OUR TREE, FOREST HERITAGE. WE CAN BEGIN THE DISCUSSION, THE CONVERSATION ON HOW TO STOP THE PERMANENT POLLUTION OF OUR LIVI NG LOCAL BIOSPHERE. THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS TOPIC, IT REQUJRES ALL OUR RESPECT FOR WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE. IT IS TRULY A MATIER OF LIFE PRESERVING IN PRINCIPLE AND ACTION.

CLOSING THE SEABROOK REACTOR IS.NECESSARY BUT THE PROBLEM IS GLOBAL AND NOT BEING ADDRESSED EVEN AS A PART OF THE GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE. °'

THE NOTION THAT ATOMIC FISSION IS " SAFE, CLEAN AND CHEAP" WAS NEVER TRUE AND IS NOW DEMONSTRABLY NOT TRUE. PLEASE HAVE THE COURAGE TO BEGIN THE RECOGNITION OF THE TRUTH AND SUBSTANCE OF THIS TRAGIC PROBLEM. THE TREES A~E DYING AND DEAD.

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DETECTING CONTAMINATION-INDUCED TREE STRESS WITHIN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE Departmental of Environmental Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 ALA, Scotland UK by Corine Davids, Andrew N. Taylor October 12, 2002 www.elsevier.com/locate/rse Excerpts from the above cited research:

"The Chern~byl accident in May 1986 released large quantities of radioactive material into the troposphere, resulting in a heterogeneous deposition around the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant as well as across the northern hemisphere. The deposition within the exclusion zone was dominated by fuel particles conta ining radiologically significant amounts of Strontium 90, Cesium 137,Plutonium 238-241, and Americium 241" .....

The effect of the radioactive contamination on vegetation is twofo ld:

1] interna l radiation and radiotoxicity as biologically available radionuclides are incorporated in the plant tissue through root uptake.

2] Externa l irradiation from radionuclide concentrations in the soil.

.. high radiation levels caused extensive mortality of Scots pine .. exacerbated by a massive invasion of pathogenic insects.

"Vegetation stress and vegetation mortality occur when an unfavourable condition or substance affects or blocks a plant's metabolism, growth or development...

The main response mechanisms that plants use are long term metabolic and morphological changes, these include changes in rate of photosynthesis, changes in absolute and relative concentration of photosynthetic pigment [chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids] and changes in leaf size, thickness and structure.

Methods of detecting stress in plants therefore iriclude the rate of photosynthesis [respiration and transpiration] and the measurement of absolute and relative concentrations of pigments in the plant leaves. *

"Photosynthetic pigments each have their distinct light absorption characteristics, a change in their relative and absolute concentrations will affect the shape of the overall light reflectance spectrum and can therefore be detected by spectral reflectance analysis and fluorescence imaging."

"Once the relationship between reflectance and pigment concentration has been established through chemical methods, spectral reflectance analysis can provide an inexpensive, fast and non-destructive method for the assessment of the degree of damage in a plant affected by an environmental stress."

These quotations are taken from the aqove cited Elsevier article "Remote Sensing of Environment" 85

{2003] p. 30-38 "This paper presents the results from laboratory and in situ spectrorad iometry of silver birch and Scots pine across a range of contamination levels in the Chernobyl exclusion zone." They succeeded in distinguishing vegetation stressed by soil moisture from stress induced by radionuclide contamination.

MONITORING THE DISCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES FROM RESEARCH REACTORS SAFETY STANDARDS of the Nuclear Safety Standards Commission [KTA) KTA 1507 [06/98)

Editor: KTA- Geschaeftsstelle c/o Bundessamt fuer Strahlenschutz [BfS] Willy-Brandt-Str. 38226 Salsgitter, .Germany Tel. +49-1888/333-[0]

FUNDAMENTALS:

1-3 "SAFETY STANDARD KTA 1507 CONTAINS REQUIREMENTS .... FOR MONITORING THE DiSCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES WITH AIR AND WATER .. DURING SPECIFIED NORMAL OPERATION AND .. IN DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS" ["Design basis" means severe malfunction].

• 5 "MONITORING THE DISCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES SHALL. .. PERMIT DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF DISCHARGED SUBSTANCES ... INITIATE ALARM SIGNALS IF SPECIFIED VALUES ARE EXCEEDED."

DEFINITIONS: 2.2 "DISCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES .. IS THE INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF LIQUID, AEROSOLBOUND OR GASEOUS RADIOACTIVE SUBST.L\NCES FROM THE FACILITY ALONG PRE-DETERMINED WAYS" [Pre-determined ways means discharge routes ~o air or water]

3 "MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES DISCHARGED WITH VENT AIR DURING SPECIFIED NORMAL OPERATIONS" 3.1[1] The radioactive substances discharged during norma l operation shall be differentiated between the following nuclides: a] radioactive noble gases b] rad ioactive aerosols, c]radioactive gaseous iodine, d] tritium, e] rad ioactive strontium, f] alpha emitters, g] carbon 14 3.2.1 "CO NTINUOUS MEASUREMENT[ 1] The discharge rate of radioactive noble gases discharged with exhaust air shall be continuously determined by beta-measurement... .. and recording the volumetric flow of the exhaust air".

3.2.2 [2] shows "Table 3-1 which lists nuclides to be considered in assessme:nt of radioactive noble gases discharged with exhaust air: Argon 41, Krypton 85,85m,87, 88, xenon 13lm,133,133m,135, 135m,138. 11 3.3.2 shows Table 3-2 "Nuclides to be considered in detailed assessment of rad ioactive aerosols discharged with exhaust air: Chromium 51, Manganese 54, Cobalt 58, Iron 59, Cobalt 60, Zinc 65, Zirc;:on ium 95, Niobium 95, Ruthenium 106, 103, Silver 110m, Antimony 124, 125, Iodine 131, Cesium 134, 137, Barium 140, Lanthanum 140, Cerium 141,144."

SUMMARY

PAGES 1-4 KTA 1507: The above quotations from KTA 1507 demonstr ate that all reactors must monitor discharge of all their operating gases to the natural environment. They monitor volumes and content of discharges but will not.disclose that information to t he public Most impo rtant they do not acknowledge the fact that not one of the radioactive substances produ ced by fission ever exist ed I

before. Each reactor is creating rad ioactive nuclides that do not exist in nature. Thus 400 reactors globally, each day, are creating t oxins t hat last for thousands of years. Those toxins kil l chlorophyl l which stops photosy~thesis in the biosphere and in t he o.ceans. This is not a reversible process.

IMPACT OF NUCLEAR RADIATION ON PLANTS PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT AFTER BOMBING WITH U 328 ENRICHED BOMBS INSTITU TE OF PHYSICS, BELGRADE UNIVERSITY, PREGREVICA 118. PO BOX 68, 11080 ZEMUN, SERBIA FACULTY OF ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, BELGRADE UNIVERSITY, JOVE ILICA 154, 11000 BELGRADE, SERBIA, Jovanic, Radenkovic, Zrakie, Bogdanovic and Panic EXCERPTS FROM THE ABOVE CITED RESEARCH:

ABSTRACT "EFFECT OF NUCLEAR RADIATION DURING ELEVEN YEARS AFTER BOMBING ON SIX PLANT SPECIES PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES WAS OBSERVED. IT WAS SHOWN THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN PHOTOSYNTHE)"IC ACTIVITIES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS. PIGMENTS AND ABILITIES OF THE PLANTS TO CONVERT ABSORBED SOLAR ENERGY INTO PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCT WAS CHANGED. ALSO IT WAS SHOWN THAT CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED IN SEVERAL PLANTS."

INTRODUCTION:

"THIS PAPER IS AN EXTENSION OF RESEARCHING THE EFFECT OF INDUCED RAD IOACTIVITY ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS. [JOVAN JC ET AL 2003] THE RESEARCH RESULTS SHOW THAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS JS AFFECTED BY COMPONENTS OF INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY. AFTER THE NATO BOMBING OF SERBIA, AN INCREASE OF SOIL RAD IATION HAS BEEN DETECTED,, .....THE REARCH CONDUCTED OVER 11 YEARS SEEKS ....,,TO FIND OUT HOW THIS IN CREASED SOIL RADIOACTIV ITY CAUSED BY BOMBING WITH U328 ENRICHED URANIUM BOMBS HAS INFLUENCED PHOTO SYNTHESJS,, ... OVER 11 YEARS .. WE SEEK TO "DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY PERMANENT EFFECTS OF INCREASED SOIL RADIOACTIVITY,,

MATERIAL: "LEAVES FROM SIX DIFFERNET PLANT SPECIES WERE RESEARCHED .. Ribwort Plantain, Stinging nettle, Small leaved Lime, Strawberry, Maple, Common Polybody .. all species grow~ in Belgrade area before, during and after NATO bombing.

METHODS: ..,,CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESENCE USED ... USED AS A TOOL FOR MONITORING CHANGES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS ..... EFFECT OF GAMMA RADIATION ON THE SOIL AFTER NATO BOMBING ... RELATIVE CHANGES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS PIGMENTS [Chlorophyll a and b and carotenides] WERE BASED ON FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT,, ."WE CONSIDERED RELATIVE CHANGE IN PIGMENT CONTENT AND CAROTENIDES PIGMENTS RESPECTIVE LY.,,

CONCLUSION: (/NUCLEAR RADIATION CAUSED BY BOMBING INDUCED SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PLANT PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY, ABILITY TO CONVERT LIGHT ABSORBED ENERGY INTO PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTS AND CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT".

ReACTOR DISCHARGE KILLS CHLOROPHYLL, STOPS PHOTOSYNTHESIS, REDUCES LEAF SIZE Each day globally, 400 nuclear reactors discharge their operating gasses to the air and water of t he earth.

Each day, each 1000 megawatt reactor, like Seabrook Reactor, takes in 1.5 million gallons of ocean water to cool th~ reactor core, the n discharges that water back into the source many degrees warmer.

Each day the radioactive operating gasses discharged into the atmosphere form hot airborne plumes that travel on prevailing winds, dropping as they cool, to form radioactive contamination on land, sea, marshes, animals ,trees and children. The NRC calls these discharges "permissible" because they have no other way of disposing of these gasses. The gasses are not safe to keep on site, the volumes are too great to store.

Each day contamination of plants and trees by radioactive reactor discharge alters plant metabolism by killing chlorophyll, altering photosynthesis, altering leaf biomass, resulting in lesse r leaf size and pigmentation, stressing the tree permanently. The syndrome witnessed and researched at Chernobyl was a reddening of Scots pine resulting in elimination of the species in the exclusion zone and pathogenic infestation by insects. Similarly, the pine forests at Fukushima, once verdant, are now red and dying.

Each day radioactive operating fluids are discharged into the ocean from the Seabrook Reactor to join the ocean currents which form gyres spinning the contamination onto all t he beaches south of the reactor. We recently witnessed an accidental discharge of millions of filters from a Hooksett NH sewage plant. Those filters arrived in a matter of days on all beaches of the North Shore, Cape Ann, Beverly and Salem.

Each year, each reactor discharges 20,000 to 40,000 curies of radioactive gasses globally into the air and waters of the globe. These gasses join each other in the troposphere to circle the globe to combine with other contaminants.

Each curie of radioactive gas contains 38 billion emissions per second per 2.2 grams of fuel. Each reactor

• has 100 tons of fuel [1000 megawatt reactor]. Try to do the math. It is inconceivable to imagine 38 billion discharges of anything in one second. An emission is described as a beta decay, alpha decay, or a gamma decay or the number of counts per second a Geiger counter makes in the presence of a radioactive. Basically the unstable, fissioned atom, the by-product of fission, is trying to regain its former stable state. In some cases this may require thousands of years.

Verification of the above assertions can be obtained by Internet search of cited topics.

MEMORANDUM Septem_ber 7, 2011 The White House Washington, D. C.

I am responding to your form letter of August 30, 2011 on issues related to nuclear arms control and nuclear energy.

My letter cited the global radiological crisis created by the Fukushima Dai-'ichi reactor disaster which should alter your pre-conceived plans to encourage the "peaceful use of nuclear energy".

There is no safe nuclear fission. There is no way to dispose of reactor operating gasses other than to discharge them to the air and water. This is an unacceptable hazard.

Reactors do not emit carbon. Cars and furnaces emit carbon monoxide. Reactors emit gasses that remain radioactive for thousands of years. There is no place to store reactor waste or to store the daily operating gasses. All operating gasses are discharged into the atmosphere. Each reactor discharges 20,000 to 40,000 curies per year.

Each curie contains 37 billion emissions per second per gram.

I repeat. All reactor operating gasses are discharged into the air and water.

All reactor gasses are permanently toxic and cumulative. Add these toxic radioactive gasses to carbon monoxide plus hundreds of other pollutants, all within a few miles of the earth's surface and it is clear that life will suffocate.

7 September, 2011 MEMORANDUM to:

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

• PUBLIC MEETING SEPT. 8-10, 2011 ROCKVI;LLE, MD.

ROOM T2-Bl TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH BUILDING NRC HEADQUARTERS, 11545 ROCKVILLE PIKE ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND SIRS:

I ask that the followin,g st.atements be entered in the record of this public meeting.

1] THE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS AT FUKUSHIMADAI-ICHI SITE IN JAPAN HAVE RESULTED IN A GLOBAL RADIOLOGICAL CRISIS. THE NRC HAS ISSUED NOWARNING TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS MOST SERIOUS HAZARD.

2] MORE THAN 4000 TONS OF REACTOR FUEL AND SPENT FUEL POOLS ARE EXPOSED FOR GLOBAL DISPERSION, AIRBORNE AND SEABORNE.

3] THESE RADIOACTIVE GASSES ARE ADDED TO THE DAILY DISCHARGE OF OPERATING GASSES FROM HUNDREDS OF REACTORS WORLD-WIDE.

4] I ASK THAT PLUME PATHS OF DAILY REACTOR DISCHARGES BE MADE PUBLIC PRIOR TO ISSUING ANY FURTHER LICENSE EXTENSIONS.

5] COMPUTER PREDICTION OF PLUME PATHS, VOLUME AND TIME OF

.DISCHARGE IS LESS ACCEPTABLE THAN ACTUAL PHYSICAL TRACKING OF PLUMES TO DEPOSITION SITES.

ACCORDING TO NRC DISCHARGE RECORDS EACH 500 MEGAWATT REACTOR DISCHARGES SOME 20,000 CURIES PER YEAR. THE CUMULATIVE EXTENDED LIFE OF THESE PERMANENT TOXINS POSES AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO THE PUBLIC.

YOUR MANDATE IS SAFETY. PLEASE ACT ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

Patricia Pierce Site Analyst Conservation Advocate

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SIERRA CLUB DIRECTORS HEADQUARTERS 85 SECOND STREET, SECOND FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105 DEAR BOARD MEMBERS I AM ENCLOSING RESEARCH DOCUMENTS WHICH DEMONSTRATE THAT NUCLEAR DEBRIS OF ANY SORT, WHETHER FALLOUT FROM EXPLOSIVE DEVICES OR OPERATING DISCHARGE FROM REACTORS, DESTROYS CHLOROPHYLL, EFFECTIVELY ENDING PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

THIS EXPLAINS THE "RED FOREST' SYNDROME NOW EVIDENT AT THE FUKUSHIMA CATASTROPHE, CHERNOBYL, AND LARGE FOREST AREAS IN THE WEST. [PLEASE SEE THE ENCLOSED RESEARCH FROM STIRLING UNNERSITY, SCOTLAND].

THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS CLEAN, SAFE. IT IS NOT. GLOBAL wARMING IS NOT msT A FUNCTION OF CARBON EXCESS. IT IS AN ACUMULATION OF TOXIC EVENTS OF LETHAL MAGNITUDE FOR ALL LIFE FORMS .

IT rs WAy PAST TIME TO REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL NUCLEAR DISCHARGE. EVEN AFTER TWO YEARS OF RADIATION RELEASE FROM FUKUSHIMA, THERE IS NO EFFORT TOWARN THE PUBLIC, TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

I AM NOW WITNESS TO MYRIAD DEAD TREES HERE IN ROCKPORT, TREES WITH STUMPED LIMBS, SEEDING IN EARLY SPRING, DYING THE NEXT YEAR.. WE ARE IN THE SEABROOK PLUME PATH FOR 20 YEARS. OUR TREES ARE NOT LEAFING FULLY. HURRICANES ARE BRINGING RADIATION DEBRIS UP THE COAST LEAYING BROWN SHRIVELLED FOLIAGE. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO RECOMMEND AS A REMEDY BUT THE EFFORT MUST BE SUCCESSFUL. YOU ARE COLLECTIVELY RESOURCEFUL AND INFLUENTIAL. THE NRC IS MANDATED TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE NUCLEAR ENERGY. IT IS MY OBSERVATION THAT RADIATION DEBRlS FIELDS ARE ATTRACTED TO OTHER MAGNETIC FIELDS, WITNESS THE DISCOVERY OF THE VAN ALLEN BELTS DURING ATOMIC TESTING IN THE PACIFIC.

PATRICIA PIERCE 18 MI.LLB ROOK PARK, ROCKPORT, MASS. 01966 APRIL 19, 2013

LEITER TO SENATORS RE PERMANENT POLLUTION FROM REACTOR DISCHARGE DEAR SENATOR ENCLOSED PLEASE FIND 4 SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THAT IDENTI FY THE DANGERS OF DAILY DISCHARGE OF REACTOR OPERATING GASSES TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE PREPARED THESE

SUMMARY

STATEMENTS BASED ON MY 35 YEAR RESEARCH INTO NUCLEAR FACTS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY OR THE OPERATING REACTORS.

THE PUBLI.C DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS THEIR DAILY LIVES AND PROPERTY, NAMELY THAT REACTORS DISCHARGE ALL THEIR OPERATING GASSES TO THE AIR AND WATER. THESE GASSES AND FLUIDS TRAVEL IN PLUMES AIRBORNE AND SEABORNE TO BE DEPOSITED ACCORDING TO TEMPERATURE INTERFACES ON LAND OR SEA.

THESE PLUME DEPOS ITIONS ARE PREDICTABLE BY COMPUTER MODELS BUT THAT INFORMATION IS NOT DISCLOSED TO THE PERSONS WHOSE LIVES ARE AFFECTED. I SUBMIT THAT THERE IS NO LAW THAT REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENS OR ANY OTHERS TO SUBMIT TO PERMANENT POLLUTION OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR PERSONS.

THE FACT THAT THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY HAS SUCCESSFULLY MISREPRESENTED THEIR DANGEROUS ACTIVITY FOR DECADES LEADS ME TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT ACTION CONGRESS MIGHT TAKE TO REMEDY THIS VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. REPEAL OF THE ACT THAT PROTECTS REACTORS FROM LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES IS ONE POSSIBILITY, ANQ_THER IS TO REPEAL THE ENTIRE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT IN WHICH THE NRC HAS A MANDATE TO ADVANCE NUCLEAR POWER.

ALL NUCLEAR IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS AS IT PRODUCES BY FISSION, RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES THAT DO NOT EXIST BY NATURAL CAUSE AND DISCHARGES THEM TO THE NATURAL WORLD.

PATRICIA PIERCE, CONSERVATION ADVOCATE, SITE ANALYST

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OCTOBER 15, 2017 GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN*

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,SA¢RAMENTO, CALIFORNIA DEAR GOVERNOR BROWN:

. MAY I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RECENT Hl~.TORY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CATASTRDPHiC

. FOREST FIRES?.

• 11 ALL SURFACES OF CALiFORNIA FORESTS ARE COVERED WITH 70 Y.EARS OF INVISIBLE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT fROM NU"cLEAR"BOMB TESTIN"c3AND DAILY.GLOBAL REACi°OR DISCHARGE TO AIR AND .

WATERS.

2] GLOBALLY,"" 400 NUCLEAR REACTORS OISCJlARGE* ALL OPERATiNG FISS.ION GASSES TO AIR AND OCEANS, RELEASING NEWLY CREATED ELEMENTS, ISOTOPES THATNEVEREXISTED BEFORE. THE

. VOLUME OF GASSES BEARING THIS INVISIBLE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT AND THE QUANTITATIVE NUMBER OF CURIES* SPREAD ARO.UNO THE GLOBEI.S NOT ACKNOWLED~ED.BY THOSE RESPONSIBLE.

3] THE JET STREAM AND THE ATLANTIC AND .PACIFIC GYRES FLOWING CLOCKWISE AND WEST TO .EAST, CIRCULATE INVISIBLE RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS FROM FUKUSHIMA MELTDOW.N TO ALL WEST COASTAL

• INTERFACES OF TH~ U.s:

• 4] TREES COATED WITH .RAblOACTI.VE DUST EXPLODE WHEN IGNITED .TND THE INCINERATED DUST REMAINS INVISIBY RADIOACTIVE.: FIR°E DOES NOT END THE INSTABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS. ,.

• COULD YOU INSTRUCT YOUR RESOURCE STAFFS TO TEST.THE.ASHES OF-THE. FOREST WILD FIRES FOR RADIOACTIVE STATUS? NUCLEAR FISSION lNVISIBLE BY PRODUCTS ARE A MAJOR FACTOR IN GLOBAL POLLUTION *

. YOUR MANDATE IS TO TELL THE l'R°UTH. YOUR. B.L!RDEN IS TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF THIS TRAGIC CATASTROPHE.

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9/14/2019 Seabrook Under Water?

Seabrook Under Water?

By Samantha McCraine

• 15 May, 2019 As one of the most vulnerable nuclear plants in the nation, policymakers and nuclear plant operators need to take the risks of climate change very seriously Recent.flooding on the Plum bland Turnpike show the vulnerability of our coastal areas to storm surge.

Evacuation in the event of a radiological emergency at Seabrook Station nuclear power plant would be extremely difficult under such circumstances. (Photo: Lind Cooper)

In late April. the U.S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held its annual safety meeting about Seabrook Station (see related blog her~}). Beca11se evacuation planning was on the agenda, it was not surprising that the topic of Seabrook's vulnerability to the effects climate change was on people's minds.

Seabrook's construction began in 1976, and although the plant was sited 20 feet above sea level and two miles inland, government projections show increasing risks for Seabrook and the surrounding coastal communities.

Current data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows how predicted sea level rise will reduce the planned buffer between Seabrook Station and the Atlantic Ocean (see map below).

The Risk Finder tool provided by Climate Central shows that between 2016-2040, the risk of a flood of 5 feet or more (above the high tide line) is 54 percent in the Seabrook Beach area. By 2060, there is a 100 percent chance.

of such an event in the area. As sea waters rise, so does the high tide line, and risks of floods beyond current infrastructural capacity.

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Similar risks were highlighted in the study "Underw:=iter" released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in 2018. Focusing on the impacts of sea level across the United States, their scientific data tells a story of chronic flooding along the eastern shore board. Area towns like Salisbury, Seabrook, Hampton and Newburyport will face frequent inundation as average sea levels rise. Along with private property, critical infrastructure across the nation such as roads, airports, power plants, and military bases will be constantly at risk of flooding and water damage.

Lessons from Fukushima The 2011 disaster at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant in Japan awoke the world to the dangers ofriuclear power by the ocean. Although nuclear power plants are designed to need vast amounts of water for cooling, their location along coasts and rivers exposes them to risks of flooding, caused by rainfall, storms and tides.

After Fukushima, nuclear regulators and operators around the globe took an assessment of their risk exposure. In the U.S., the event prompted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to undertake a study which revealed that 54 out of 60 nuclear power plants were not prepared to haridle the flood risk they faced.

When Hunican.e Sandy hit the Northeast U.S. in 2012, nuclear power plants in its path shut down as a preventative measure against water damage and power shortages like those which rocked Fukushima. In the superstorm's aftermath, a Stm.fQU1 University studY. surveyed the risks faced by coastal nuclear plants. The results revealed that Seabrook Station, located in coastal New Hampshire, is among the nation's most vulnerable.

A rccem. anidun.J3J.9_Qmbsrrg: BusinesswcC'k illustrated the connection between nuclear power plant safety risks

,. identified by NRC operators in 2011 and the environmental risks to American communities identified in the UCS 's 2018 study. Their model shows that Seabrook Station faces the risk of an average of at least two floods a month by 2060.

How Sea Level Threatens Seabrook The increased exposure to high sea levels at Seabrook Station pose at least four risks:

1. Higher ground water levels surrounding the plant could exacerbate the problem of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) that is undermining the concrete in all key safety structures at the plant, including the core reactor dome and the spent fuel pool;

2. High tides from increasingly severe storm surges create a risk of acute flooding, the kind which led to the Fukushima power shortage, and subsequent nuclear meltdown;

3. Flooding in the event of such a storn1 could block low-lying evacuation routes that emergency planners depend upon to get people away from the area in the event of a serious radiological release; and finally,

4. Once Seabrook Station enters its decommissioning phase, radioactive materials stored on site for "cooling,"

remain vulnerable, and pose an ongoing risk to the surrounding ecosystem.

Despite these possibilities, the consideration of stonn surges and flooding are conspicuously absent from plant owner N extEra Energy's re-licensing documents . Despite mounting evidence of the risks posed by sea level rise along the northeastern coastline, the cnviromcntaJ report for ren1,wal prepared by NextEra issues does little to address concerns such as flooding, sea level rise, storm surge or climate change.

Already, Seabrook and surrounding towns experience significant flood events with increasing frequency, particularly when Nor'easters hit. These are a test of preparedness and ability to manage risk.

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The disaster at Fukushima was a result of natural hazards colliding with poor planning for structural resilience and safety. When flooding from the tsunami stopped the power supply which kept water pumping into the nuclear reactor's core, the core overheated and proceeded to melt through its container, releasing radiation into the environment. Better planning for the unexpected could have saved countless lives and tmtold decades of environmental hann Heads in the Sand?

Given the pn: vinu i.: ::icknowkdg~)ment by the plant's operators of the impending risks posed by climate change in the area, this indicates two serious points of concern: first, an apparent reluctance of the plant operators to consider all of the environmental hazards which might impair its ability to operate a high risk facility safely, and second, lack of regulatory attention to the potential for contamination of wetlands, groundwater, ocean water, and other risks posed by the potential for more frequent inundation awaiting Seabrook Station.

To address the potential threats posed by climate change, the NRC should require the types of ill~<lS.].lr{!~

u:m.ll£lldcd by_}.fRC 's Ncn.r Ten11 Task Forg..Q after the Fukushima accident, in order to ensure the safety of reactor communities, not weaken nronoscd~m1lation:-, as the NRC commissioners did in January.

"This decision is nonsensical," Commissioner Jeff Baran wrote in his dissent of the weak standards. "Instead of requiring nuclear power plants to be prepared for the actual flooding and earthquake hazards that could occur at their sites, NRC will allow them to be prepared only for the old, outdated hazards typically calculated decades ago when the science of seismology and hydrology was far less advanced than it is today," he wrote.

Commissioner Stephen Burns added: "The accident at Fukushima was a direct result of the operator and regulator failing to take action to account for new scientific lmowledge related to natural hazards, especially flooding hazards ... . In the United States, there exists incontrovertible evidence that the current design bases for some plants do not address a flood hazard identified by the licensees ' [plant operators,] own analyses."

Policy Leadership & Citizen Vigilance Needed In addition to the type of federal leadership lacking 1mder the current adm111istration, policymakers at the local and state level must take their own steps to ensure that infrastructure development as well as evacuation plans include an assessment of climate change scenarios-especially of more severe and frequent storms and floods.

Federal regulations for nuclear plants need to catch up with the reality of climate change that is already upon us.

In the absence of such vision and leadership, it falls to the vigilance of the citizens, and the work of state and local governments, to try to prepare and protect vulnerable communities and natural resources, as best they can.

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9/16/2019 Supporters Say Seabrook Nuke Protects Climate; Critics Worry About Cracks In The Concrete I WBUR News whur WBUR News Supporters Say Seabrook Nuke Protects Climate; Critics Worry About Cracks In The Concrete February 14, 2019 By Annie Ropeik, NHPR The Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, N.H., in a 2011 file photo (Jim Cole/AP)

Federal regulators still appear poised to re-license Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, despite requests to delay.

A Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing on the issue Wednesday night was packed with industry workers and residents from New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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