ML21050A134

Comment (26) of Jim Yarbrough Opposing Notice of Lntent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

ML21050A134
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	02/18/2021
From:	Yarbrough J - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Administration
References
86FR7747 00026, NRC-2020-0277
Download: ML21050A134 (2)

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2/19/2021 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/73fc3d4c-e120-4f62-9609-f793dc8c383f blob:https://www.fdms.gov/73fc3d4c-e120-4f62-9609-f793dc8c383f 1/2 PUBLIC SUBMISSION As of: 2/19/21 9:00 AM Received: February 18, 2021 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. klb-r2l7-w7tw Comments Due: March 03, 2021 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2020-0277 Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Comment On: NRC-2020-0277-0001 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC, Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Document: NRC-2020-0277-DRAFT-0030 Comment on FR Doc # 2021-02001 Submitter Information Name: Jim Yarbrough Address:

Ashland, OR, 97520-3602 Email: jyarbro2003@yahoo.com General Comment I endorse the following comments. Decommission Point Beach, safely and as soon as possible!

Re: the high-level radioactive waste that would be generated at Point Beach nuclear power plant, if NRC rubber-stamps 80 years of operation at the two reactors:

Each reactor would generate at least 20 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel (highly radioactive waste) per year.

20 metric tons X 20 years (the extension on the already rubber-stamped 60-year license) = 400 metric tons per reactor.

400 metric tons X 2 reactors = 800 metric tons.

Thus, two decades of additional operations at Point Beach, on top of what NRC has already approved, would mean yet another 800 metric tons, or more, of additional high-level radioactive waste that would be generated, for which we still have no safe, sound solution, after 64 years of commercial/civilian nuclear power (and high-level radioactive waste generation) in this country. This additional 800 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel would represent a catastrophic risk in and of itself, to public health, safety, security, and the environment, and would be a curse on all future generations. High-level radioactive waste remains hazardous and deadly for more than a million years. 20 years of electricity generation at Point Beach is not worth the more than a million years of hazard associated with the high-level radioactive waste that would be generated. This is especially outrageous, when clean, safe, secure, SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD: Phyllis Clark, Bill Rogers, Mary Neely Comment (26)

Publication Date:2/1/2021 Citation: 86 FR 7747

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