ML21272A352

Comment (2) of Judy Lamana on Virginia Electric and Power Company; Dominion Energy Virginia; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos.1 and 2

ML21272A352
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	09/16/2021
From:	Lamana J Fauquier Climate Change Group
To:	Office of Administration
References
86FR47525 00002, NRC-2020-0234, NUREG-1437
Download: ML21272A352 (3)

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9/29/21, 4:53 PM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/e619110f-f928-4273-a2e0-0bd60be0dcfb SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 9/29/21 4:51 PM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: September 16, 2021 PUBLIC SUBMISSION ADD: Tam Tran, Sandra Figueroa, Mary Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. ktn-e8ro-357w Neely Comment (2) Comments Due: October 12, 2021 Publication Date:

8/25/2021 Submission Type: Web CITATION 86 FR Docket: NRC-2020-0234 47525 Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Comment On: NRC-2020-0234-0144 Virginia Electric and Power Company; Dominion Energy Virginia; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos.

1 and 2 Document: NRC-2020-0234-DRAFT-0144 Comment on FR Doc # 2021-18255 Submitter Information Email: sustainablewarrenton@gmail.com Organization: Fauquier Climate Change Group General Comment See attached file for comments from the Fauquier Climate Change Group on Docket ID NRC-2020-0234.

Attachments NRC Comments on Lake Anna Nuclear Plant License Renewals 09162021 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/e619110f-f928-4273-a2e0-0bd60be0dcfb 1/1

Docket ID NRC-2020-0234 Comments on NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second Renewal, Draft My name is Judy Lamana and I appreciate the opportunity to submit comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) regarding a second license renewal for North Anna 5 Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (NUREG-1437).

I am submitting comments as the founder of the Fauquier Climate Change Group (FCCG), which is based in Warrenton, Virginia, 60 miles north of the North Lake Anna 5 Power Station.

Support for Second License Renewal The FCCG supports this second license renewal for the two existing Lake Anna nuclear power plants as it has the lowest environmental impact of the options detailed in the SEIS.

This support is also premised on the belief that the two Lake Anna nuclear power plants have been operating within government-set safety parameters and that this will continue to occur through the time period of their second license renewal.

We also believe that low-carbon baseload electrical power provided by the two Lake Anna nuclear power plants is critically needed to address the global climate crisis.

Anaysts See a Role for Nuclear Power in Our Region In the minds of many analysts, nuclear power can make sense in the mid-Atlantic and southern regions, as renewable resources are less abundant and the regulatory framework for vertically integrated utilities is more conducive to such plants. The state of Virginia neither has the solar intensity of the Southwest nor the wind of the Midwest, making it an appropriate location for nuclear power plant siting. Also, Dominion Energy is a vertically-integrated regulated utility that is subject to oversight by the State Corporation Commission.

Second Renewal Has Less Impact then the Combination Alternative The Combination Alternative (Solar, Offshore Wind, Small Modular Reactor, and Demand-Side Management) that is also under consideration by the NRC is more resource intensive than renewing the license for the two existing nuclear power plants as new construction would be required.

In terms of land needs alone, the NRC reports that the Combination Alternative would require 20,000 acres of land for the solar energy portion and 72 square-nautical miles of ocean area for the wind power portion.

While small modular nuclear reactor facilities would need 36 acres at the Lake Anna site, demand-side management would require no land.

The use of resources to simply replace or extinguish demand for the low-carbon baseload electricity provided by the two Lake Anna nuclear power plants is not efficient. Resources would be better used to build the new power generation that is needed to meet the carbon-free mandate of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA).

(Replacing the Lake Anna nuclear power plants with only wind power and/or solar power is not practical due to their inability to provide baseload electricity (their power is intermittent) and there is not enough storage capacity available to mitigate this limitation.)

This concludes my comments.The FCCG hopes that the NRC agrees with us on these SEIS issues and grants a second license renewal for the two Lake Anna nuclear power plants.

Judy Lamana Founder, FCCG The mission of the Fauquier Climate Change Group is to raise awareness of climate change and advocate solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.