ML20202J825

Requests NRC Consider Statement in Informal Hearing Re Disposal of Low Level Radwaste at Facility.Opposes Site for Ground Burial of Low Level Radwaste.Served on 860415

ML20202J825
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	04/10/1986
From:	Elias H, Gebauer N LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ROCKY RIVER, OH
To:	NRC
References
CON-#286-788 ML, TAC-60875, NUDOCS 8604160197
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THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN V0TERS OF ROCKY RIVER ROCKY RIVER, OHIO 44116 ggte APR151986 April 10, 1986 jc 5g,) 6 f4 L, USNHC The League of Women Voters of Rocky River requests the Nuclear Regu-latory Commission to consider this statement in the informal hearing wherein Toledo Edison Co. and Cleveland Electrf615WuMin49t$g Co.

' have received approval from the Commission to dispose of low-level radioactive waste at Davis-Besse Nuclear Powe gp lo.n, Unit No. 1.

This sludge is to be buried on land, at a min pkne feet, covered with four inches of clean soil, and Beeded.jg of two The League of Women Voters of the United States has developed criteria to help state and local Leagues evaluate both the process employed in site selection and the suitability of a proposed site j for low-level nuclear waste disposal facilities.

1) The League believes there should have been ample and effective public participation before this new on-site disposal facility was contemplated.

No public hearings were held.

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2) The League believes there should have been an environmental impact statement prepared. The Commission staff has determined not to prepare an environmen al impact statement for the proposed action.

3) The League believes there should have been an examination of alternative sites. The Commission has concluded that an off-site disposal location would result in increased costs to the consumer.

4) The League believes in participation and review at all govern-mental levels. The Commission staff has proceeded but has not consulted with the Governor or any agency of the State of Ohio.

The League believes that low-level nuclear waste facilities should be sited in areas that pose the least amount of risk to the public and to sensitive environmental areas, and away from such areas as:

1) Natural hazard areas subject to flooding. . . . ,

2) Drinking water supply sources. . . . .

3) Fragile land areas such as shorelines of rivers, lakes,'or wetlands,

4) Rare or valuable ecosystems..., significant wildlife habitat.

Davis-Besse is located adjacent to Navarre Marsh and East of Crane Creek, Magee Marsh, and O ttawa National Wildlife Refuge. Because these are wetlands on the shore of Lake Erie, this is a particularly in-appropriate site for ground burial of low-level radioactive waste.

l jw N . hA Hallie Elias Noreen R. Gebauer President Chairman of Natural Resources l

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