ML22004A345

Comment (16) of Nina Tatlock on 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

ML22004A345
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	12/30/2021
From:	Tatlock N - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Administration
References
86FR62220 00016, NRC-2020-0277
Download: ML22004A345 (1)

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1/4/22, 2:10 PM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/93cb60e2-965c-4383-a532-a801454c207d SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 1/4/22 2:10 PM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: December 30, 2021 PUBLIC SUBMISSION ADD: Phyllis Clark, Stacey Imboden, Mary Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. kxt-fv1o-84vd Neely Comment (16) Comments Due: January 03, 2022 Publication Date: Submission Type: Web 11/9/2021 Citation: 86 FR 62220 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-2020-0277-0194 NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Document: NRC-2020-0277-DRAFT-0212 Comment on FR Doc # 2021-24407 Submitter Information Name: Nina Tatlock Address:

FL, Email: tatlock@verizon.net General Comment The EIS contains an inadequate assessment of risk to human health in the event of a severe nuclear accident at PBNP (particularly if unmitigated, i.e. a reactor core meltdown). The current EIS for PBNP references NRCs The State of the Art Reactor Consequences Analysis (SOARCA). See Appendix F 4.2, pp 354-355/369.

- We do not agree with the EIS conclusion As a result, the calculated risks of public health consequences of severe accidents modeled in SOARCA are very small. P. 355/369

- PSR WIs issues with the NRCs 2012-3 assessment of human health consequences from a severe accident include:

- The modeling SOARCA uses is greater than 15 years old. Additionally, MELCOR from 1991 (and last reviewed by the NRC in 2006) assesses an accident at Surry, another Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor similar to Point Beach Units 1 and 2, but this is not an assessment of PBNP specifically.

- SOARCA assesses only the risk of individual cancer deaths, not cancer morbidity. Cancer morbidity is the risk of contracting cancer from excess radiation exposure.

- It does not include estimates of excess deaths in individuals who would be evacuated from their homes and die from lack of accessible diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions or the increase in significant mental illness for those displaced, some of what is being noted for the declining health of US populations during the Covid-19 pandemic. I'm very concerned about the safety issues.

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