ML20164A213

Response to Comments on DG-3036 for RG 3.15, Rev 2, Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant

ML20164A213
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Issue date:	07/31/2020
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ML20164A207	List: ML20164A213 ML20164A214 ML20164A218 ML20164A219 ML20164A220 ML20164A222 Regulatory Guide 3.15
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Response to Public Comments on Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-3036 Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant Proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.15 On February 19, 2020, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 9487) that Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-3036, proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.15 was available for public comment. The Public Comment period ended on April 20, 2020. The NRC received comments from the organizations listed below. The NRC has combined the comments and NRC staff responses in the following table.

Comments were received from the following:

Ernest Brewster Lorie Abolafia-Cartwright New Rochelle, NY 10801 Putney, Vermont 05346 Email: ebrewster@iona.edu Email: lorieagle@hotmail.com Telephone: 917-517-1301 Telephone: 802-275-8749 ADAMS Accession No. ML20112F472 ADAMS Accession No. ML20112F475 Commenter Section of DG- Specifc Comments NRC Resolution 3036 Ernest Brewster General Trump's proposed budget cuts 25% of budget from EPA. The EPA budget is outside the scope of this guidance Comment We are opposed to Steve Bannonite "deconstruction of the document. No changes were made in response to this administrative state." It is one thing to deny science, comment.

another to stymie it. Wheeler eliminated the agencys Office of the Science Advisor, which counseled the EPA administrator on research supporting health and environmental standards, and placed the head of the EPAs Office of Childrens Health Protection on administrative leave.

Lorie Abolafia-Cartwright General I write to object to any sweeping measures to store Irradiated fuel is outside the scope of this guidance Comment irradiated materials in any new manner without document. This guidance is limited to receipt and storage of comprehensive, thorough public oversight and review. new, unirradiated fuel and associated radioactive material.

the covid19 scare and protocols is not license to No changes were made in response to this comment.

shortcut, bypass or derail the oversight of the most toxic substances on the planet. The fact this is even being considered is incomprehensible and vile. Shame on you. These substances must be disposed of in the most careful and meticulous manner possible. Always. No matter what. Our lives, all lives depend on it. the health and vitality of our planet and every living thing on it depends on it.

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