NRC-2023-0152, Comment (1) of Pamela Greenlaw on Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Dominionenergy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1
| ML23339A129 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 12/04/2023 |
| From: | Greenlaw P - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Administration |
| References | |
| NRC-2023-0152, 88FR75627 00001 | |
| Download: ML23339A129 (1) | |
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12/5/23, 2:02 PM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/79d94db9-a72d-4160-baee-d60e54c45360 SUNSI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 12/5/23, 2:01 PM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: December 04, 2023 ADD: Kim Conway, Status: Pending_Post PUBLIC SUBMISSIONAntoinette Walker-Smith, Mary Neely Tracking No. lpr-knat-gzj8 Comments Due: December 04, 2023 Comment (1) Submission Type: API Publication Date:
11/3/2023 Docket: NRC-2023-0152 Citation 88 FR 75627 Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1
Comment On: NRC-2023-0152-0003 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1
Document: NRC-2023-0152-DRAFT-0001 Comment on FR Doc # 2023-24329
Submitter Information
Name: Pamela Greenlaw Address:
West Columbia, SC, 29169 Email: pkgreenlaw2022@gmail.com Phone: 803-394-5134
General Comment
Concerning NRC Docket NRC-2023-0152. there are a number of items to include in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) one of the steps for Dominion Energy's request for a subsequent 20 year license to go into effect at the expiration date of the current license. First, I should say that Dominion energy's VC Summer #1 nuclear power plant does not qualify for any extension beyond the current license under which it now operates. Dominion needs to prove itself trustworthy and responsible for maintenance and management of facility whose structure cannot improve with age. The issues I will discuss are climate, facility work culture, health of workers, and health of surrounding communities within at least a fifty-mile radius.
Please include the following in the EIS for Dominion's VC Summer #1 Nuclear Power Plant.
The other problem with the diesel generating system is that if it should fail, there could be significant radiation releases. In the EIS please list the amount, types, and pathways of escaped and potentially escaping toxins and radiation resulting from the unsolved source(s) of recurring cracks in the diesel generating system of the facility.
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article279283589.html
The probability that the likelihood of new leaks continuing because repairs are not permanent must be addressed. The temporal and physical proximity of these on-again, off-again exposures of toxic leaks to workers must be studied and included in the EIS. Over the last 20 years, the raw numbers of individuals and types of accidents/incidents of workers near these leaks and subsequent, resultant health ef fects as compared to those workers not near the leaks should be listed in the EIS and used to evaluate VC Summer's work safety culture for the health of its workers inside the facility. This internal environment
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The other problem with the diesel generating system is that if it should fail, there could be significant radiation releases.
Under Dominion's lack of honest, competent personnel in char ge of safety at VC Summer, the facility's poor track record is likely to continue unless personnel are evaluated and held to high standards. The work climate must be part of the EIS since the culture of work is critical to the safe operations of the facility.
(One might wonder why the diesel system has not been replaced.)
The probability of old leaks with failed repairs and the springing of new leaks must be measured as to the amounts, types of toxins and radioactivity, and their possible health ef fects on of f-site human and wildlife communities within miles of the facility.
As far as climate is concerned the draft EIS must list and explain the probability of the ef fects of a hot climate on air, water, soil, and landscapes and those relationships to ef fects on the nuclear facility twenty years and forty years from now. With the increasing heat of the planet's atmosphere, land, and water the ability of soils and plants to sequester carbon will be reduced, causing greater increases of heat. As the temperatures of the planet and its water resources continue to increase exponentially, the the Broad River,
Parr Reservoir, and Lake Monticello may not have water that is suf ficient and cold enough to cool of f the nuclear plant's operations, including fuel rods, for 20 years, let alone 40 years, into the future. In the EIS must be results of analyzed temperature data collected from the Broad River, Parr Reservoir, and Lake Monticello to determine the warming trend over the past 20 years. In addition, these data and the independent information from climatologists should be used to predict the air and water temperature trends for next 2o years and the next 40 years from today. The EIS must include how these trends will impact VC Summer #1's ability to function safely. The EIS must explain how the failures to cool the facility will impair the operations so greatly that the specific, devastating ef fects upon the environments likely will occur. These probabilities of predictive ef fects must be spelled out in the EIS as possible future scenarios.
The ef fects on communities of wildlife and human communities of a meltdown resulting from failed cooling systems must be included in the EIS.
Thank you for your work.
Pamela Greenlaw
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