NRC-2015-0023, Comment (3) by Olivia Batchelder on NRC-2015-0023 Re San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 & 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
| ML15096A480 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 04/01/2015 |
| From: | Batchelder O - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Cindy Bladey Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 80FR8701 00003, NRC-2015-0023 | |
| Download: ML15096A480 (1) | |
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission F--
Attn: Cindy Bladey Office of Administration, NRC Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M 71--
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Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear Commissioners,
Uc As a resident of Laguna Beach, which is located within the 20-mile area subject to permanent relocation in the event of a radiation accident at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), I was alarmed to learn that the decommissioning plan for the plant involves storage of its spent nuclear fuel rods on site for sixty years or indefinitely until the government removes them to a final deposit repository.
It's my understanding that:
(1) The spent fuel stored on the site will remain highly radioactive for tens of thousands of generations and (2) The plant was closed due to faulty steam generator replacements and had a history of safety complaints from-its employees and contractors.
(3) The plant is not a safe place to store dangerous spent fuel as it is situated in a
- recognized tsunami, earthquake, and fiestorm zone and is vulnerable to climate change and terrorist attack in a densely populated area on the ocean.
(4) If there were a:radiation. accident there, we,, here in Laguna might escape with our
- lives,. but we would never be able.to come.back to the homes.we love.
The people of California were promised that the spent fuel rods would be removed from, San Onofre, and it's imperative that that~happen* as soon as possible.
I urge you (1) To work with the Department of Energy and the :Department of Defense to create a secure interim location-perhaps on a military base & in some other sparsely populated location-for the spent fuel rods from.SONGS and require that they be moved and safely stored there before decommissioning funds are depleted on site restoration activities; and (2) To hold Southern California Edison responsible for safety and. security at SONGS as long as the spent fuel rods'remain there.
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