ML22004A345
| 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 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/93cb60e2-965c-4383-a532-a801454c207d 1/1 PUBLIC SUBMISSION As of: 1/4/22 2:10 PM Received: December 30, 2021 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. kxt-fv1o-84vd Comments Due: January 03, 2022 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-2020-0277-0194 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.
SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD: Phyllis Clark, Stacey Imboden, Mary Neely Comment (16)
Publication Date:
11/9/2021 Citation: 86 FR 62220