ML20114A499

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Comment Opposing Proposed Rule 10CFR72 Re Dry Cask Storage at Plant.Believes Answer to Problem Is to Shut Down Plant Due to Lack of Safe Removal Options for Spent Fuel
ML20114A499
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 07/24/1992
From: Kaufman M
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:
NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
FRN-57FR28645, RULE-PR-72 57FR28645-00001, 57FR28645-1, NUDOCS 9208110310
Download: ML20114A499 (1)


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Dear Secretary of the Commission:

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I l I am writing you to ask that you NOT APPROVE dry cask storage 4 at. Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Michigan. As a  ;

resident and farmer living and working within the ten mile  ;

radius of the plant designated for Emergency Preparedness, l I am alarmed that these casks are being built as I write.  !

j There must be public hearings hold, whatever the law requires,

{ because public health and safety are being placed at high risk.

It is my belief that, this risk is unacceptably high.

) There are many reasons fer this. As self-described policemen for projects such as these, you should be concerned about possible harm to citizens. If you are not, what is your function? Morely to rubbers *, amp the projects of profitmaking utilitiac which are  :

surely not concerned about local residents? '

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These casks are most likely not temporary, but permanent. All j containers degrade ovt.r time., These cas):e have never been tested in their full size through a harsh winter. When something goes i vrong who vi13 Learthe cost?

i 1 The answer to this problem is to shut down Palisades.due to a -

. lack of safe removal optdans for spent fuel. We have sufficient energy in this area. In fact, Consumers Power is cocking to sell

{ excess energy at this time. Shouldn't the health ano safety of residents mandate a shutdown?

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