ML16011A025

Comment (32) of Mary Ann Baier on DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement

ML16011A025
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	12/20/2015
From:	Baier M A - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR68881 00032, NRC-2014-0109
Download: ML16011A025 (2)

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PUBLIC SUBMISSIONPage 1 of 2As of: 1/6/16 1:04 PMReceived: December 20, 2015Status: PendingPostTracking No. ljz-8mx9-6pswComments Due: December 28, 2015Submission Type: WebDocket: NRC-2014-0109License Renewal Application; Fermi 2Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact StatementDocument: NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0044Comment on FR Doc # 2015-28265Infrmaion-m" Submitter InformationName: Mary Ann Baier ,Itc... ......... ";3 ... ;C i:iVGeneral Comment _ '1. The GE Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), of which Fermi 2 is one example, has serious design flawswhich give a high probability of catastrophic failure.2. Actual demand for electricity in Michigan has declined, not grown, since 2007. Michigan does not needelectricity from Fermi 2 or from the proposed Fermi 3 reactor.3. Emergency planning for regional evacuation is completely inadequate. A 50-mile evacuation zone shouldbe the basis of planning, as evidenced by NRC evaluation of the Fukushima disaster.4. Fermi 2's effects on public health have been demonstrably and significantly negative. Cancer rates, cancerdeaths and mortality from other illnesses have increased in regions around nuclear reactors generally and inthe region around Fermi 2 specifically.5. Thermal discharges from Fermi 2 into Lake Erie have contributed to creation of public health emergencieswith municipal drinking water. Lake Erie's shallow western basin has proven much less able to handlethermal discharges than was anticipated when Fermi 2 was initially approved.6. Radiation protection standards by which Fermi 2 has been evaluated are in fact inadequate to protectchildren.7. The severe accident analysis for Fermi 2's spent fuel pooi is simply wrong. Potential accidents originatingfrom the spent fuel pool actually have severe consequences. This is one of the design flaws of GE Mark 1BWRs..file :///C:/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html /6/0101/06/2016 Page 2 of 28. There numerous endangered species in and near to the Fermi 2 site, for which no analysis of the effects ofFermi 2's operation has been done.9. The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster (according to the NRC task force on this issue) have notbeen applied to Fermi 2, and there are no plans to apply those lessons.10. Numerous Native American/First Nations conmmunities have treaty rights affected by the continuedoperation of Fermi 2, but the effects of Fermi 2 on these communities has not been evaluated and the legalstanding of some of these communities is not recognized by the NRC.file :///C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html 010/0101/06/2016 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONPage 1 of 2As of: 1/6/16 1:04 PMReceived: December 20, 2015Status: PendingPostTracking No. ljz-8mx9-6pswComments Due: December 28, 2015Submission Type: WebDocket: NRC-2014-0109License Renewal Application; Fermi 2Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact StatementDocument: NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0044Comment on FR Doc # 2015-28265Infrmaion-m" Submitter InformationName: Mary Ann Baier ,Itc... ......... ";3 ... ;C i:iVGeneral Comment _ '1. The GE Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), of which Fermi 2 is one example, has serious design flawswhich give a high probability of catastrophic failure.2. Actual demand for electricity in Michigan has declined, not grown, since 2007. Michigan does not needelectricity from Fermi 2 or from the proposed Fermi 3 reactor.3. Emergency planning for regional evacuation is completely inadequate. A 50-mile evacuation zone shouldbe the basis of planning, as evidenced by NRC evaluation of the Fukushima disaster.4. Fermi 2's effects on public health have been demonstrably and significantly negative. Cancer rates, cancerdeaths and mortality from other illnesses have increased in regions around nuclear reactors generally and inthe region around Fermi 2 specifically.5. Thermal discharges from Fermi 2 into Lake Erie have contributed to creation of public health emergencieswith municipal drinking water. Lake Erie's shallow western basin has proven much less able to handlethermal discharges than was anticipated when Fermi 2 was initially approved.6. Radiation protection standards by which Fermi 2 has been evaluated are in fact inadequate to protectchildren.7. The severe accident analysis for Fermi 2's spent fuel pooi is simply wrong. Potential accidents originatingfrom the spent fuel pool actually have severe consequences. This is one of the design flaws of GE Mark 1BWRs..file :///C:/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html /6/0101/06/2016 Page 2 of 28. There numerous endangered species in and near to the Fermi 2 site, for which no analysis of the effects ofFermi 2's operation has been done.9. The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster (according to the NRC task force on this issue) have notbeen applied to Fermi 2, and there are no plans to apply those lessons.10. Numerous Native American/First Nations conmmunities have treaty rights affected by the continuedoperation of Fermi 2, but the effects of Fermi 2 on these communities has not been evaluated and the legalstanding of some of these communities is not recognized by the NRC.file :///C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-28/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT-0044.html 010/0101/06/2016