ML23132A244
| ML23132A244 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Triso-X |
| Issue date: | 02/12/2023 |
| From: | Cooke K - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Administration |
| References | |
| NRC-2022-0201, 87FR77146 01639 | |
| Download: ML23132A244 (1) | |
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PUBLIC SUBMISSION As of: March 08, 2023 Received: February 12, 2023 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. le1-v6wm-9hi3 Comments Due: February 14, 2023 Submission Type: API Docket: NRC-2022-0201 Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Supplement to Draft Environmental Impact Statement TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Facility Comment On: NRC-2022-0201-0001 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; TRISO-X Special Nuclear Material License Document: NRC-2022-0201-DRAFT-1639 Comment on FR Doc # 2022-27164 Submitter Information Name: Kerry Cooke Email:kvcooke@hotmail.com General Comment I oppose the opening of a new nuclear fuel fabrication factory especially one that will use nearly bomb grade uranium. Since TRISO-X, LLC is proposing a first-of-a-kind US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Category II licensed TRISO-based fuel fabrication facility, all aspects of the facility need to be disclosed.
- 1. Beginning with the High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU), this will be a totally new form of enriched uranium that is currently not produced anywhere in the U.S. From where will the HALEU be obtained? Provide background on how the HALEU is made, including its conversion ostensibly from uranium hexafluoride to triuranium octoxide powder, the source of the uranium and any environmental impacts of the production process, from mining to finished product.
- 2. Will there be an alternate or backup source for HALEU?
- 3. How will the HALEU be shipped to and from the facility?
- 4. What procedures will be in place to protect the general public during transport?
- 5. What steps will be involved in handling it upon receipt?
- 6. What procedures will be in place to protect workers?
- 7. What are the steps necessary to convert the HALEU into a uranyl nitrate solution? Into gel spheres? Into fuel kernels?
- 8. What are the safety and security procedures thatll be in place to protect worker and possible pollution of the environment?
SUNSI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD: Jill Caverly, Robert Sun, Antoinette Walker-Smith, Mary Neely Comment (1639)
Publication Date: 12/16/2022 Citation: 87 FR 77146
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- 9. What chemicals will be used, how will they be obtained and disposed?
- 10. Describe the various steps from a safety and security perspective in processing the fuel kernels for coating, overcoating, form pressing and high temperature carbonization.
- 11. What chemicals will be used in fuel kernel processing and how will they be disposed?
- 12. What other toxic/hazardous materials will be used in the fuel kernel process, how will they be handled and disposed?
- 13. How will the HALEU be handled throughout the entire process in order to prevent the possibility of criticality?
- 14. Why do TRISO fuel particles last 60 years? What causes its degradation? What waste results? How will waste be disposed?
- 15. What will be the environmental impact of fuel particle degradation and how will that be addressed?
- 16. How will the fuel be stored both in the short term and once it has completely degraded?
- 17. What step or steps within the process pose(s) the greatest risk of contamination and how is that being mitigated?
- 18. As for the facility itself, what procedures/safeguards will be in place to prevent the possibility of radioactive or chemical releases into the atmosphere and/or groundwater?
- 19. What safeguards will be in place to prevent the possibility of fires throughout the fabrication process?
- 20. What are the safeguards against direct terrorist attacks or other possible assaults against the facility such as cyber-terrorism?
- 21. Identify the stages in the process that could jeopardize human health or safety should there be a total loss of power onsite?
- 22. How would a serious accident be handled?
- 23. What is the financial ability of TRISO-X, LLC to address such a catastrophic accident?
- 24. What are the various steps in the uranium recovery process? Identify all security and risk safeguards. Provide the step-by-step procedures in the waste disposal processes and all safeguards involved.
- 25. Will the perimeter of the facility be monitored for radioactive and chemical contamination, how often and if not, why not? Will rainwater be retained onsite and monitored for contaminants?
Kerry Cooke, Idaho