ML23019A338
| ML23019A338 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Erwin |
| Issue date: | 01/19/2023 |
| From: | Boone W - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Sue Abreu, Bollwerk G, William Froehlich Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| 70-143-LA | |
| Download: ML23019A338 (1) | |
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From:
William Boone To:
Docket, Hearing; Paul Bollwerk; William Froehlich; Sue Abreu
Subject:
[External_Sender] Please hold a hearing Date:
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 10:57:17 PM Hon. Paul Bollwerk, Hon. William Froehlich, Hon. Sue Abreau, Judges Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Rockville, MD RE: Proposed License Amendment Request, Nuclear Fuel Services, Docket No.70-143 Honorable ASLB Judges:
I am writing to object to the Board's failure to provide clear instructions as to how non-parties to this license amendment proceeding are allowed to provide comments to the Board. The August 31, 2022 Federal Register notice referred non-parties to an ADAMS document which was not hyperlinked, and the notice contained zero explanation that persons would be allowed to provide public comments to the Board at the time of the December 12, 2022 hearing.
NRC regulations at 10 CFR § 2.315(a) state, "A person who is not a party... may, in the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited appearance by making an oral or written statement of his or her position on the issues at any session of the hearing or any prehearing conference within the limits and on the conditions fixed by the presiding officer." This was not done with regard to the Nuclear Fuel Services prehearing on December 12. I thus object and request that the Board place my below comments into the record of this proceeding and be deemed properly submitted pursuant to 10 CFR§ 2.315(a).
I specifically object to this license amendment because the US does not need another nuclear bomb plant. We should be decreasing nuclear weapons production; not increasing it.
Nuclear Fuel Services appears to have one of the worst safety records of any manufacturer of nuclear materials. The Nolichucky River is already contaminated with nuclear material connected to NFS'splant in Erwin.
The manufacture of nuclear bombs threatens the population of the world. The production of nuclear bombs in Erwin by NFS also threatens the health and safety of the people of East Tennessee. Just because this is a rural area, please don't discount the residents' safety. Surely, a hearing on these issues is not too much to ask.
Sincerely,
/s/ William B. Boone 19300 Tulip Tree Lane Meadowview, VA 24361