ML22340A042

Comment (7) E-mail Regarding Kairos Hermes CP Deis

ML22340A042
Person / Time
Site:	Hermes File:Kairos Power icon.png
Issue date:	12/01/2022
From:	Public Commenter Public Commenter
To:	NRC/NMSS/DREFS
NRC/NMSS/DREFS
References
87FR59124
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From:

Chris Wieland <c2wieland@comcast.net>

Sent:

Thursday, December 1, 2022 9:03 AM To:

KairosHermes-CPEIS Resource

Subject:

[External_Sender] Comments on Kairos Hermes Test Reactor CPIES

- Docket ID NRC-2021-0193 To Whom It May Concern-I am generally in favor of nuclear energy as one means for mitigating climate change. The former DOE K-25 (K-31/K-33) site is quite acceptable from an environmental standpoint, and I have no reservations regarding direct impacts to the physical or biological environments in that area. I do, however, have reservations regarding the storage of spent reactor fuel, even the safer pelletized Triso fuel planned for testing in the Hermes reactor. Congress has failed to identify and develop a long-term secure national nuclear waste repository, and nuclear reactor facilities are therefore left to store their nuclear wastes either at the reactor facility itself or at an interim storage facility. That being the case, I would ask that Kairos commit to moving spent fuel to an interim storage facility outside Oak Ridge and its surrounding area upon closure. Oak Ridge has had a long and fraught relationship with radioactive wastes, and as a result, suffers from a reputation as a contaminated city. For this reason, I believe that Kairos should make a clear, legally binding commitment in the CPEIS that spent fuel will be removed at closure and stored offsite until such time as a national facility can be brought on line.

Sincerely, Chris Wieland Oak Ridge, TN

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