ML20307A716
| ML20307A716 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 10/31/2020 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/DREFS |
| NRC/NMSS/DREFS | |
| References | |
| 85FR27447 | |
| Download: ML20307A716 (3) | |
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From:
Stephen Wingeier <swing1027@gmail.com>
Sent:
Saturday, October 31, 2020 11:00 AM To:
WCS_CISFEIS Resource
Subject:
[External_Sender] Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),
Docket No. 72-1050; NRC-2016-0231
Dear Nuclear Regulatory Commission (TX CIS),
To the NRC:
I live in the Atlanta neighborhood of Lake Claire, about 100 yards from the CSX railroad tracks that pass through many densely populated communities across the city. The Interim Storage Partners proposal to transport nuclear waste to Texas from nuclear power plants around the country presents an unacceptable risk to my family, my neighbors, and millions of others like us who live near the railroads, highways and waterways that would bear the most toxic cargo ever shipped.
The history of nuclear energy is a history of thousands of accidents and near-accidents involving human error and technical malfunctions, only a fraction of which have been revealed to the public as required by law. Frankly, I dont trust this industry or its partners at the NRC to safely conduct an operation like this massive and unnecessary continent-wide transfer of nuclear waste.
A catastrophic accident is only a matter of time.
As federal regulators of the nuclear industry, the NRC's overriding concern should be to ensure the safety of the American people. Yet neither in the cask certification processes nor in this draft EIS have you have adequately considered the environmental impacts of transporting radioactive waste. The dangers of hotter "high burn up" irradiated fuel was not even considered in most analyses. The proposal transfers the risk from the utilities that irresponsibly pursued the profits of nuclear energy to vulnerable citizens like me.
Thousands of intensely radioactive shipments, over decades, would travel through most of the states, a vast majority of Congressional districts, mostly by train but also by road and barge on vital waterways. The potential impacts are not "small." The reports used to make this conclusion underestimate the probability of serious accidents, especially for rail freight and fires.
Fires could cause cask lid bolts to stretch. Radioactive gases and particulates could get out via valves or a fire that is hotter and longer-lasting than your projections. Many transport fires have burned longer than the 1/2-hour or 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> NRC considers in its analysis. Ever-higher numbers of tankers with flammable chemicals on the rails increase the likelihood of high-temperature fires in densely populated neighborhoods like mine. These and other scenarios could cause cask failure and radioactive releases.
The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) fails to adequately assess the environmental impacts of the containers that would be used to transport and store the waste. NRC staff have stated that cask concerns must be addressed when the NRC certifies the casks, but communities like mine, through which the shipments would move, and those in the vicinity of the proposed
storage site have not had the chance to participate in the cask certifications due to timing, lack of notification, and lack of opportunity to engage in an adjudicatory way.
I object to these unnecessary risks and ask NRC to reject the ISP license application.
Sincerely, Stephen Wingeier 296 Arizona Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30307 404-378-6815
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