ML23326A043
| ML23326A043 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2023 |
| From: | Marida P - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Administration |
| References | |
| NRC-2023-0136, 88FR69967 00003 | |
| Download: ML23326A043 (1) | |
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11/22/23, 9:16 AM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/6a09e7fb-e439-4bed-a859-ceb283570158 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/6a09e7fb-e439-4bed-a859-ceb283570158 1/1 PUBLIC SUBMISSION As of: 11/22/23, 9:15 AM Received: November 09, 2023 Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. lor-d99m-2208 Comments Due: November 09, 2023 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2023-0136 Energy Harbor Corp.; Energy Harbor Generation LLC.; Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 Comment On: NRC-2023-0136-0002 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Energy Harbor Corp.; Energy Harbor Generation LLC.; Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 Document: NRC-2023-0136-DRAFT-0003 Comment on FR Doc # 2023-22374 Submitter Information Name: Patricia Marida Address:
COLUMBUS, OH, 43229 Email:patmarida@outlook.com Phone:16142864851 General Comment I am submitting my scoping comments in the attached document. These are essential elements for the NRC to study thoroughly and provide in-depth analyses to the public. Thank you.
Attachments NRC Scoping for Perry 10-19-23 SUNSI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD: Lance Rakovan, David Herrington, Antoinette Walker-Smith, Mary Neely Comment (3)
Publication Date:
10/10/2023 Citation 88 FR 69967
PERRY NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Energy Harbor Corp.; Energy Harbor Generation LLC.; Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 SCOPING COMMENTS Docket ID NRC 2023-0136 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must evaluate the following concerns vigorously and thoroughly before granting a license renewal.
- 1) Flooding danger must be updated with current National Academy of Sciences precipitation statistics. Perry sits on a cliff overlooking Lake Erie, and the cliff is being undercut by wave action.
- 2) Geologic faults must be thoroughly evaluated using maps from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. There are geologic faults running near and likely under the Perry plant.
- 3) An enormous gap directly under the plant was filled with tons of concrete before the plant was constructed. NRC must report on this gap, when it was filled, with how much concrete, the geologic reasons for this gap, and more.
- 4) Earthquakes abound in the area https://earthquaketrack.com/us-oh-perry/recent and their threats must be thoroughly addressed. Perry is rated to withstand a 5.3 earthquake. A 3.6 quake happened only one month ago. See the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey.
Continuous shaking weakens steel to the point where a small blow can shatter it. This must be considered with possibly exponential effects occurring when the next item, embrittlement, is considered.
- 5) Embrittlement is a special term describing what happens to steel and other materials as they continue to be exposed to radioactivity. After time, they become fragile and in danger of shattering, particularly with a blow from something like an earthquake. Tests must be done on reactor vessel strength at Perry as well as at all nuclear sites.
- 6) Tritium (radioactive hydrogen) releases are making the news. These are routine at all plants and are allowed by the NRC. This allowance is legal jargon which does not alter the reality that all radioactivity is dangerous to life. Ionizing radiation harms every organ system in the human body, including reproductive organs and DNA. Tritium replaces nonradioactive hydrogen in water molecules and cannot be removed from water. Perry also releases other radioactivity and toxins. The NRC must make a full inventory of tritium emissions from Perry and
- 7) Uninspectable parts are many at Perry. Perry was engineered for a lifespan of 40 years. Perry was not engineered to guarantee the safety of any of its parts after that time. While engineers can evaluate and repair or replace failing parts, what is happening with the uninspectable parts is anyones guess.
Dare anyone ask how the NRC can extend Perrys license beyond its engineered lifespan? Why then is there an engineered lifespan? Of what use is it?
- 8) NRC must evaluate alternative energy sources and how they are positioned to be far cheaper than nuclear power. And how the continuation of nuclear power will take the place of renewables that are multiple times cheaper according to the latest Lazard report.
- 9) Radioactive waste would continue to build up on site. After the used/spent fuel, aka High Level Radioactive Waste, is cooled in fuel pools, it is put into dry storage. Unbelievably, the NRC has licensed stainless steel dry storage canisters for nuclear waste that are only 5/8-inch thick. These thin canisters are accumulating at Perry and at every commercial nuclear site. They are welded shut and
cannot be inspected, maintained, or repaired. Peak radiation levels from their air vents are kept from the public. Thin canisters could crack, causing major radioactive leaks and explosions. There is no way to transfer damaged fuel back to a fuel pool. Disaster awaits if these problems are not dealt with.
- 10) Nuclear waste in the era of climate chaos, terrorist sabotage, and warmaking: Nuclear reactors and radioactive waste (particularly spent fuel pools) are targets for terrorist sabotage. They are also vulnerable to environmental disasters like tornados and flooding (and yes, water too hot to cool reactors) which are worsening with climate chaos.
- 11) Nuclear Weapons Connection: Climate disasters are being exacerbated to an omnicidal degree by the staggering amount of fossil fuels used by the military - warmaking that uses more fossil fuels than any other industry and spends trillions on nuclear weapons. The environmental toll from the extraction of fossil fuels and uranium, and the waste of human labor, is also staggering. Attempts are no longer being made to hide the connection between commercial and military nuclear. It is a must for the military to keep civilian reactors going because the technology, education, materials, funding and much more all overlap, while much of the nuclear fuel chain such as uranium mining and milling have been transferred to the civilian budget. The waste from nuclear reactors makes the fuel for nuclear weapons, and the waste from enrichment is used for depleted uranium weapons. The morality of this destruction bears consideration.
- 12) The amorphous NRC has yet to turn down a reactor license renewal application. Nuclear waste can be dealt with later. Yes, it will still need to be addressed millennia later. Disasters are here with us now in the form of 1/3 of Americans contracting some form of cancer in our lifetimes. It didnt used to, and doesnt need to, be this way.
Sincerely, Patricia Marida Columbus, Ohio