ML23214A018

(External Sender) NRC-2022-0183-0003 (with Attachment) - C6

ML23214A018
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	01/26/2023
From:	Macfarlane J Sierra Club, Greater Fort Worth
To:	Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Download: ML23214A018 (1)

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From: John MacFarlane To: Docket, Hearing; Clara Sola; tam Tran; Manny Sayoc; Chair Resource; Molly Marsh; CMRBARAN Resource; CMRWright Resource; CMRCaputo Resource; CMRCrowell Resource

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[External_Sender] NRC-2022-0183-0003 Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023 9:44:46 AM Attachments: NRC-2022-0183-0003.pdf Please see attached letter on behalf of the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club Thank you, John MacFarlane Chair Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club 817-944-2086

January 24, 2023 RE: NRC-2022-0183-0003; Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; License renewal application; opportunity to request a hearing To Whom It May Concern, The Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club is a non-profit environmental organization with over 2,000 members in a 12 county area, including Somervell County. We have approximately 1,400 members within a 50 mile radius of Comanche Peak. This includes members in Bosque, Hill, Somervell, Johnson, Hood, Earth, Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant and includes the cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Weatherford, Granbury, Stephenville, Cleburne, Mineral Wells, Hillsboro, and of course Glen Rose.

We are requesting the following items:

1) The January 17, 2023 in person meeting was canceled in favor of an online meeting, therefore, we are requesting an in person in Glen Rose, Somervell County so residents and other concerned citizens can directly interact with NRC staff. There were multiple technical issues with the presentation and many speakers were not able to unmute and speak.

2) We request a formal hearing due to the aging nature of the plant for safety reasons.

There are too many safety issues concerning cracks in the foundation, cracks in pipes, the dome, the spillway, and "loss of material," on the 43-year old dam. We are concerned about the threat of earthquakes caused by the reemergence of fracking in the area and by wastewater injection wells. We are also concerned about water use.

Water quantity is in jeopardy due to drought caused by climate change.

3) We request a 90-day extension for comment period for the 12/1/2022 Federal Register Notice.

We understand that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to assess the impacts to the natural and human environment (Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Federal Register, 12/13/2022). An EIS should take a hard look and properly and effectively analyze and disclose potential significant individual and cumulative environmental impacts proposed by the license renewal and their reasonable alternatives would cause. The EIS should clearly present the information needed for the public to understand the proposed action, its reasonable alternatives, and the potential environmental effects the action and its reasonable alternatives would cause.

Sincerely, John MacFarlane Chair, Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club