ML24212A147

Comment (83) of Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger 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

ML24212A147
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/29/2024
From:	Goetzinger L - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Administration
References
NRC-2024-0076, 89FR53659 00083
Download: ML24212A147 (1)

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SUNSI Review Complete As of: 7/30/24, 8:59 AM Template=ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: July 29, 2024 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONADD: Laura Willingham, Status: Pending_Post Mary Richmond, Antoinette Tracking No. lz7-iv8n-uw7p Walker-Smith, Marlayna Doell, Mary Neely Comments Due: July 29, 2024 Comment (83) Submission Type: API Publication Date:6/27/2024 Docket: NRC-2024-0076 Citation: 89 FR 53659 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-0083 Comment on FR Doc # 2024-14112

Submitter Information

Name: Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger Address:

Covert, MI, 49043 Email: legoetzingerextra@gmail.com

General Comment

July 29, 2024 To: National Regulatory Commission From: Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger Home owner in Palisades Park (adjacent to Palisades Nuclear Plant) 27895 Shorewood Walk, Covert, MI 49043 Re: Environmental Impacts of Restarting the Palisades Power Plant Our family has owned and cherished our home on the shores of Lake Michigan, (very near the Palisades Power Plant) since the early 1940s when it was purchased to help sustain my father who was at the time a German prisoner of war during WW II. This house and Lake Michigan have been and remain central to our family, for five generations. We watched the power plant from proposal, through its many years of operation, repeated difficulties, and its final years of operations when maintenance was deferred and oversight became less rigorous.

I am writing to you today with the strongest possible request that Holtec s application to restart the currently defunct Palisades Power Plant, be subject to stringent, thorough and exacting environmental study - at minimum the EIS required for the license renewal of a currently operating nuclear power plant.

Our concerns include:

• The Palisades Power Plant sits on the shores of the largest fresh water system in the world. To jeopardize this in any way would, of course, be unthinkably shortsighted and self-destructive.

• The plant was very old when it was shut down. It had a history of minor accidents. Normal maintenance had been neglected in its final years.

• Restarting a defunct nuclear power plant after it has been permanently shut down has, wisely , never been done in the U.S. This plant was shut down for multiple significant problems as well as advanced age. It hardly seems like a wise choice for this type of first-time restart.

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• Holtec is experienced in shutting down nuclear power plants and maintaining them in a shut down state.

They have no experience in restarting or running a nuclear power plant and they do have a history of safety violations. This seems like a very unwise choice of company and power plant to try this on.

Green ener gy sources are surely the future of power generation. Nuclear fission is the one non-fossil fuel that is lethal when not handled with great care, research and wisdom. As you continue to evaluate this situation, we implore you to require the most thorough of Environmental Impact Studies at the very least.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter . We trust in your experience and thorough evaluation and look forward to learning your recommendations and requirements for the Palisades Power Plant.

Respectfully ,

Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger 27895 Shorewood Walk, Palisades Park, Covert, MI

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Palisades Power Plant Eldredge Goetzinger ltr

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To: National Regulatory Commission

From: Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger Home owner in Palisades Park (adjacent to Palisades Nuclear Plant) 27895 Shorewood Walk, Covert, MI 49043

Re: Environmental Impacts of Restarting the Palisades Power Plant

Our family has owned and cherished our home on the shores of Lake Michigan, (very near the Palisades Power Plant) since the early 1940s when it was purchased to help sustain my father who was at the time a German prisoner of war during WW II. This house and Lake Michigan have been and remain central to our family, for five generations. We watched the power plant from proposal, through its many years of operation, repeated difficulties, and its final years of operations when maintenance was deferred and oversight became less rigorous.

I am writing to you today with the strongest possible request that Holtecs applicationto restart the currently defunct Palisades Power Plant, be subject to stringent, thorough and exacting environmental study - at minimum the EIS required for the license renewal of a currently operating nuclear power plant. Our concerns include:

• The Palisades Power Plant sits on the shores of the largest fresh water system in the world. To jeopardize this in any way would, of course, be unthinkably shortsighted and self-destructive.

• The plant was very old when it was shut down. It had a history of minor accidents. Normal maintenance had been neglected in its final years.

• Restarting a defunct nuclear power plant after it has been permanently shut down has, wisely, never been done in the U.S. This plant was shut down for multiple significant problemsas well as advanced age. It hardly seems like a wise choice for this type of first-time restart.

• Holtec is experienced in shutting down nuclear power plants and maintaining them in a shut down state. They have no experience in restarting or running a nuclear power plantand they do have a history of safety violations. This seems like a very unwise choice of companyand power plant to try this on.

Green energy sourcesare surely the future of power generation. Nuclear fission is the one non-fossil fuel that is lethal when not handled with great care, research and wisdom. As you continue to evaluate this situation, we implore you to require the most thorough of Environmental Impact Studies at the very least.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We trust in your experienceand thorough evaluation and look forward to learning your recommendationsand requirements for the Palisades Power Plant.

Respectfully,

Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger 27895 Shorewood Walk, Palisades Park, Covert, MI