NRC-2025-1007, Comment (Moore) E-mail Regarding GLE-PLEF EIS Scoping
| ML26055A275 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07007033 |
| Issue date: | 02/22/2026 |
| From: | Moore E - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| 90FR42988, NRC-2025-1007 | |
| Download: ML26055A275 (0) | |
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From:
Erica Moore To:
GLE-PLEF-EIS Resource Cc:
ericamoore111@gmail.com
Subject:
[External_Sender] Docket ID NRC-2025-1007, Paducah, KY Uranium enrichment project Date:
Sunday, February 22, 2026 8:28:32 AM To Whom This Concerns; I am writing to express my vehement opposition to the proposed uranium enrichment project in Paducah, Kentucky. This project raises deeply concerning environmental, public health, safety, and long-term stewardship issues that cannot be overlooked.
The Paducah community already carries the legacy burden of decades of nuclear-related industrial activity, including contamination, environmental degradation, and lasting uncertainty for residents. Moving forward with a new enrichment project in this same location risks compounding existing harms and perpetuating a cycle in which local communities bear disproportionate risks for activities that provide little direct benefit to them.
Uranium enrichment is inherently high-risk. It involves radioactive materials, hazardous chemical processes, and long-lived waste streams that require careful management not just for years, but for generations. Any failurewhether due to human error, equipment malfunction, natural disaster, or long-term containment breakdowncould have irreversible consequences for public health, local ecosystems, and regional water supplies.
Equally troubling is the question of long-term accountability. History has demonstrated that nuclear industrial sites often leave behind cleanup obligations that extend far beyond the operational lifespan of the facility, placing financial and environmental burdens on taxpayers and communities long after private operators have departed.
This project demands far greater scrutiny, transparency, and public engagement than has been demonstrated to date. Until there is clear, credible, and independently verified evidence that this project can proceed without unacceptable risks to human health, environmental safety, and future generations, it should not move forward.
I strongly urge regulators to halt or deny approval of this project.
The people of Paducahand all communitiesdeserve protection, transparency, and a precaution-first approach when it comes to projects involving radioactive materials and long-term environmental risk.
Respectfully submitted, Erica Moore 422 N 7th St, Paducah, KY 42001 Ericamoore111@gmail.com