ML12325A013

Comment (70) of Debi Mohan on Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation

ML12325A013
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	11/13/2012
From:	Mohan D - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
References
77FR65137 00070, NRC-2012-0246-0001
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November 13, 2012 PUBLIC SUBMISSION Status: PenclingPost PUBLI SUBM SSIONTracking No. ljw-8 1yk-ia3t Comments Due: January 02, 2013 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2012-0246 Consideration on Environmental Impacts on Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Comment On: NRC-2012-0246-0001 Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Document:

NRC-2012-0246-DRAFT-0068 06 Comment on FR Doc #2012-26295 7 TP9, US/37 Submitter Information m-D Name: Debi Mohan [T.Address: 420 Eglinton Ave < N Miami, FL, 33199 Submitter's Representative:

Mr. Bill Nelson No Government Agency Type: State General Comment On June 8, 2012, Riverkeeper and our allies won a landmark U.S. Court of Appeals descision nullifying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Waste Confidence Rule," which has allowed each U.S. nuclear reactor to store highly radioactive nuclear waste on site. The now-invalidated rule presumed that waste stored at reactors would go to a national nuclear waste dump someday and that the storage of spent fuel at individual reactors is temporary and causes "no significant environmental impact." Because of the landmark court victory, there is no longer any legal basis for plants like Indian Point to avoid studying the environmental impacts of long-term nuclear waste storage in fuel pools or dry storage. At Indian Point, spent fuel has leaked carcinogenic nuclear waste into groundwater and the Hudson River, and its unfortified storage structure has been considered as a target of terrorists.

The Court's decision forces the NRC to address the risks of nuclear waste disposal before any U.S. nuclear plant, including Indian Point, may be licensed or re-licensed.

This reckoning is long overdue.SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM -013 E-RIDS= ADM -03 Add= S. Lopas (SLL2)https://www.fdms.gov/fdms-web-agency/component/contentstreamer?obj ectld=09000064...

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