ML24212A130

Comment (70) of Kristen Jacobs on Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an Environmental Assessment Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant, Unit 1

ML24212A130
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/29/2024
From:	Jacobs K - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Administration
References
NRC-2024-0076, 89FR53659 00070
Download: ML24212A130 (1)

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7/30/24, 7:59 AM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/2eef0d20-0087-42c0-acdc-fda40028a18c SUNSI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 7/30/24, 7:58 AM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: July 29, 2024 ADD: Laura Willingham, PUBLIC SUBMISSIONMary Richmond, Antoinette Status: Pending_Post Walker-Smith, Marlayna Tracking No. lz7-c2ou-bvra Doell, Mary Neely Comments Due: July 29, 2024

Comment (70) Submission Type: API Publication Date:6/27/2024 Citation: 89 FR 53659 Docket: NRC-2024-0076 Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an Environmental Assessment Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant, Unit 1

Comment On: NRC-2024-0076-0001 Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an Environmental Assessment

Document: NRC-2024-0076-DRAFT-0070 Comment on FR Doc # 2024-14112

Submitter Information

Name: Kristen Jacobs Address:

Covert, MI Email: Jacobskp@gmail.com Phone: 5742720345

General Comment

Dear regulatory persons,

When the Palisades plant finally closed, the entire SW Michigan coastline dodged a Chernobyl bullet an environmental disaster that would have wiped out the entire Great Lakes basin. The safety record at Palisades and its glaring facility issues were among the worst for all power plants in the country. The facility is aged and brittle, and in the years prior to closing, maintenance was minimal. It was a ticking time bomb. Who knew that Holtec, a company with no experience operating a power plant, had no intention of following through with their contracted duty to oversee the permanent shut down and ongoing security of this fossil. When federal money became available to extend the life of currently operating plants, Holtec decided to get in on the gravy train by pretending Palisades was still in operationand not closed down prematurely and permanently for safety and cost reasons.

Now Holtec is doubling down on the pretense that Palisades is an operating facility by trying to deceive the NRC and DOE to allow a limited environmental impact study. This is disingenuous in the least and criminal to allow! NRC and DOE should require an environmental review that is at least as comprehensive as what the NRC requires for an operating plant applying to renew its license (SLR). The NRCs recent rulemaking on the scope of the review required for SLR confirms that Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act, implemented through 10 CFR Part 51, requires the preparation of an full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Holtecs application should require the highest level of environmental review - an EIS that is directed to the unprecedented circumstances of this plant and the outlandish request before the NRC to restart a permanently shut down nuclear facility. Please strenuously question the highly risky venture they propose.

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Thank you, Kristen Jacobs. Covert, Mi

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