ML23060A499
| ML23060A499 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/2023 |
| From: | Mabe S Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation (CFUR) |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 56662, NRC-2022-0183, 50-445-LR, 50-446-LR | |
| Download: ML23060A499 (2) | |
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DECLARATION OF SUZANNE MABE 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of:
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§ VISTRA OPERATIONS COMPANY, LLC
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§ DOCKET NOS. 50-445 and
§ 50-446 COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER
§ NRC-2022-0183 PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2
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§ RE: License Renewal Application
§ For Facility Operating License Nos.
§ DECLARATION OF SUZANNE MABE IN SUPPORT OF LEAVE TO INTERVENE IN COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENCE RENEWAL APPLICATION PROCEEDING
- 1. My name is Suzanne Mabe. I am at least 18 years of age and of sound mind. I am a member of Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation and agree for my declaration to be included in this proceeding.
- 2. I live at 1801 8th Avenue, Apartment 1408, Fort Worth, Texas, approximately 40 miles from the Comanche Peak power plant.
- 3. I am a founding board member of Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation (CFUR), and we were founded around 1980 in response to a need for utility regulation that was more responsive to consumers needs. We needed a more open and publicly friendly response then, and we certainly need that now.
- 4. I understand that Vistra is asking for a 20-year renewal on the operating license for Comanche Peak Nuclear plant, and the plant still has 6 more years before the current license expires. This would keep the plant operating until 2050. This is an aging plant that took 14 years to build in first place because of all the problems encountered the first time. And now the NRC wants to add another 20 years to it. I am opposed to that.
- 5. I believe there should be public hearings on this with a 90-day extension of published deadlines to give everyone an opportunity to attend and make their concerns known.
- 6. Many things have changed since Comanche Peak was first proposed. There were no earthquakes of 3 & 4 magnitude in Texas at that time, climate change was on the horizon but very few people were concerned about it and didn't realize how very destructive it
DECLARATION OF SUZANNE MABE 2
could be. The very real and dangerous problem of nuclear waste was there but the answer seemed to be "oh we will just bury it somewhere out West". Well, the West doesn't want it, and there is still no way to safely dispose of it. Keeping Comanche Peak going for another 20-25 years will just compound the problem. These are all issues that could directly affect the safety of residents in North Texas regarding Comanche Peak power plant if there were ever an incident there.
- 7. As a citizen who lives within the 50-mile perimeter of this aging plant, I'm asking that you have public hearings on these and the other serious concerns that are being raised since it was announced that they want the license to be extended.
- 8. Further Declarant saith not.
I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing facts are true and correct and that any expression of opinion are based on my judgment.
Suzanne Mabe Fort Worth, Texas Dated: _________________________
By: __________________________________________
Suzanne Mabe Member, Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation 1/30/2023