ML20268B231
| ML20268B231 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 09/23/2020 |
| From: | Ramsay R - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Administration |
| References | |
| 85FR27447 00025, NRC-2016-0231 | |
| Download: ML20268B231 (2) | |
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PUBLIC SUBMISSION As of: 9/24/20 11:41 AM Received: September 23, 2020 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. 1k4-9j4e-ymde Comments Due: November 03, 2020 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2016-0231 Waste Control Specialists LLC's Consolidated Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Project Comment On: NRC-2016-0231-0342 Interim Storage Partners Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project Document: NRC-2016-0231-DRAFT-0336 Comment on FR Doc # 2020-20964 Submitter Information Name: Rebecca Ramsay Address:
30 Churchill Avenue, #. 610 Cambridge, MA, 02140-1134 Email: rebecca.ramsay2@gmail.com General Comment Statement for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (fall of 2020)
RE: Hearing for Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) concerning Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities in New Mexico Accumulating highly radioactive nuclear waste must be kept in pools for five years or more until cooled and decayed enough for dry storage. Then it can be transferred to on-site dry hardened cask storage. Although most sites have dry storage containers, the public call is for Hardened On-Site Storage which is more protective than containers alone. Some pools are already beyond capacity. Instead of shipping this extremely dangerous substance from all the nuclear power plants across the country to interim storage facilities in New Mexico, a safer, more practical and far less expensive solution exits. That is Hardened Onsite Storage.
https://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/arjun-makhijani-songs-sfs2013-10-19pptfinal.pdf First, we need to invest in impermeable, steel-lined concrete barriers for temporary pool storage, plus back-up generators, to keep pools from overheating in the event of power outages. Such measures will lower the risk of a release of radioactivity while we await permanent dry cask storage at current nuclear facilities.
Page 1 of 2 09/24/2020 https://www.fdms.gov/fdms/getcontent?objectId=09000064848736c0&format=xml&showorig=false SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD: James Park Comment (25)
Publication Date 5/8/2020 CITATION 85 FR 27447 PDM-07201051
Hardened On-Site Storage (HOSS) eliminates the hazards posed by transporting nuclear waste to offsite storage facilities, especially 'interim' storage sites in other parts of the country. All 'interim' storage sites are illegal.
Rebecca L. Ramsay Cambridge, Massachusetts October 2020 Page 2 of 2 09/24/2020 https://www.fdms.gov/fdms/getcontent?objectId=09000064848736c0&format=xml&showorig=false