ML20059H859
| ML20059H859 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Claiborne |
| Issue date: | 01/20/1994 |
| From: | Bayne P US COUNCIL FOR ENERGY AWARENESS |
| To: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9401310197 | |
| Download: ML20059H859 (2) | |
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January 20,1994 Mr. John W. N liickey Chief, Enriclunent Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safegutuds U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Ilickey:
We are pleased to have the opportunity to respond to your November 17,1993, publication of the dratt environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposal by Louisiana Energy Services to constinct and operate a uranium emiclunent facility, the Claibome Enriclunent Center, in Claiboine Paiish.
The U.S. Council for Energy Awareness (USCEA) is an intemational trade association, devoted to increasing the public understanding of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. We have a bmad-based membership that includes electric utilities, architecte :hieering firms, construction companies, labor unions, scientific finns and universities.
The NRC is to be commended for recognizing the role of public comment to obtain a complete and thomugh understanding of the project at hand. USCEA appreciates the opponunity to conunent and applauds the study completed by the NRC.
As you know, uranium enrichment facilities help fuel nuclear power plants so that they can pmvide the nation with electricity without emitting hannful greenhouse gases. The importance of clean air was discussed in President Clinton's '93 Earth Day speech. Further, the need for reduction of hamtful greenhouse gases was detailed in the President's recently pubhshed
" Climate Change Action Plan," cc. ling for the reduction of carbon emissions by 108 million metric tons by the year 2000.
Today, nuclear energy provides the nation over 20 percent of its electricity and has reduced catbon emissions by 1.4 billion metric tons since 1973. In 1992 alone, America's nuclear power plants cut carbon emissions by 125 million metric tons. In order to ensure that we have nuclear power, providing us cican air to breath, uranium must be enriched efficiently and effectively.
The DEIS states that the proposed facility will minimally impact the surrounding environment and will use a competitive, energy-efficient technology to help fuel U.S. nuclear power plants.
The DEIS also states that the facility would be a " major socio-economic asset," pioviding a sange of jobs for an area eagerly striving for clean, high-tech industry, t
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a Page 2 DEIS Conunent January 20,1994 The NRC has completed a thorough study of the proposed facility, having taken into consideration economic, environmental and health-related impacts, to name a few. We suppon the NRC's conclusions stated in the DEIS and encourage the NRC to continue its timely review and licensing of this project.
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