ML20113F021

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Comment from Clare Francis on the Indian Point Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Control of Licenses and Conforming Amendments (NRC-2020-0021)
ML20113F021
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Site: Indian Point  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/12/2020
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SECY/RAS
References
85FR03947, NRC-2020-0021
Download: ML20113F021 (1)


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Docket, Hearing From: Clare Francis <claresline@gmail.com>

Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 12:04 PM To: Docket, Hearing

Subject:

[External_Sender] Docket ID NRC-2020-0021 - Pending Sale of Indian Point Nuclear Power Station to Holtec Docket ID NRC-2020-0021 Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Docket ID NRC-2020-0021 - opposing Indian Point license transfer to Holtec To: the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff From: First Name: Clare Last Name: Francis

  • Zip: 10706 Why would you, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission make such an irresponsible and irrational decision to allow Holtec to decommission Indian Point Nuclear Power Station?

We know and you know that Holtec and its subsidiaries are not qualified to hold the licenses of the Indian Point Energy Center. Given its record, we, the residents have no confidence in Holtec and do not accept it as the licensee. The Commission must not approve the license transfer, for the same reasons. Holtec has multiple problems, any one of which ought to disqualify it from decommissioning Indian Point. Taken together, they add up to a clear imperative to reject Holtec as the licensee.

Holtec lacks the experience needed to decommission Indian Point safely. Its entire nuclear fleet was acquired less than a year ago. It has never decommissioned a nuclear plant before; its first decomdmissioning job is Oyster Creek, which it acquired in July 2019. It is in effect learning on the job. The bulk of its experience is in spent fuel handling, where its performance has been poor.

Furthermore, as New York Attorney General Letitia James said when she filed a petition to challenge license transfer to Holtec, Putting the decommissioning of Indian Point in the hands of a company with no experience and uncertain financial resources is very risky.

Residents and elected officials in New York support the AGs filing and share her objections to Holtec. Act responsibily, Show us the good judgement we all have and reject Holtecs application to decommission Indian Point Nuclear Power Station.

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