ML16015A327

Comment (2) of Jan Boudart Regarding Guidance: Subsequent License Renewal

ML16015A327
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	01/07/2016
From:	Boudart J - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR79956 00002, NRC-2015-0251
Download: ML16015A327 (2)

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Page 1 of 2PUBLIC SUBMISSIONAs of: 1/12/16 3:32 PMReceived: January 07, 2016Status: Pending_PostTracking No. lk0-8n96-fbr4Comments Due: February 29, 2016Submission Type: WebDocket: NRC-20 15-0251Draft Guidance Documents for Subsequent License RenewalComment On: NRC-2015-0251-0004Guidance: Subsequent License Renewal,Document: NRC-20 15-0251 -DRAFT-0005Comment on FR Doc # 20 15-32368b~ c~&3)Submitter Information.........-................................Name: Jan Boudart ........ -: .... Address:.... :1132 W Lunt Ave #D-7 i H' <rChicago, IL, 60626 " ..oEmail: janunaj@hotmail.comGeneral Comment2016-01-07:Docket 2015-0251This comment regards radiation danger to Lake Michigan, the people of Chicago and the State of Illinois,especially in reference to the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, Van Buren County,Michigan. The Palisades NPP achieved it's projected lifespan in 2011. Three or four years before that theNRC changed it's rules to allow an extension of 20 years -- so that Palisades is now scheduled to continueoperations until 2031, at which time it will be 60 years old.Palisades is recognized by the NRC itself as being a plant very susceptible to embrittlement of its steel reactorvessel. But with another relaxation of old rules in favor of new, a coupon sample of its metal has beenpostponed to 2019. The previous test of a the reactor vessel metal, itself, occurred in 2003. This 16-year spanglides through the originally proposed 2011 closing of Palisades.However, the NRC has allowed a mathematical formula to supersede actual physical testing of the reactormetal. The formula is based on results from, other NPPs and is obscure in its results. It creates a distancebetween what the NRC perceives and what activists and the public perceive.In addition, results from one capsule test,_NumbnrA-_60._from 1~9Rd_ has disappeared along with any data itmay have revealed. SUNSI Review CompleteTemplate =ADM -013E-RIDS= ADM -03file :///C 8/NRC-20 15-0251 -DRAFT-0005 .html 01 /12/2016 Page 2 of 2Both of these problems with testing the reactor metal feel very much like pussyfooting around the truth.But Palisades is just one example, even if the most flagrant, of the NRC changing horses in midstream toobfuscate results and obscure understanding of how they reach conclusions. The concept of publicresponsibility is the real loss in these situations where the NRC plays loosely with public safety.file :/// C :/Users/ CA G/Doc um ents/XP Mi gratedF o lders/P RM 28/NR C- 2 015-02 51 -DRAFT-0005 .html 0 22101/12/2016 Page 1 of 2PUBLIC SUBMISSIONAs of: 1/12/16 3:32 PMReceived: January 07, 2016Status: Pending_PostTracking No. lk0-8n96-fbr4Comments Due: February 29, 2016Submission Type: WebDocket: NRC-20 15-0251Draft Guidance Documents for Subsequent License RenewalComment On: NRC-2015-0251-0004Guidance: Subsequent License Renewal,Document: NRC-20 15-0251 -DRAFT-0005Comment on FR Doc # 20 15-32368b~ c~&3)Submitter Information.........-................................Name: Jan Boudart ........ -: .... Address:.... :1132 W Lunt Ave #D-7 i H' <rChicago, IL, 60626 " ..oEmail: janunaj@hotmail.comGeneral Comment2016-01-07:Docket 2015-0251This comment regards radiation danger to Lake Michigan, the people of Chicago and the State of Illinois,especially in reference to the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, Van Buren County,Michigan. The Palisades NPP achieved it's projected lifespan in 2011. Three or four years before that theNRC changed it's rules to allow an extension of 20 years -- so that Palisades is now scheduled to continueoperations until 2031, at which time it will be 60 years old.Palisades is recognized by the NRC itself as being a plant very susceptible to embrittlement of its steel reactorvessel. But with another relaxation of old rules in favor of new, a coupon sample of its metal has beenpostponed to 2019. The previous test of a the reactor vessel metal, itself, occurred in 2003. This 16-year spanglides through the originally proposed 2011 closing of Palisades.However, the NRC has allowed a mathematical formula to supersede actual physical testing of the reactormetal. The formula is based on results from, other NPPs and is obscure in its results. It creates a distancebetween what the NRC perceives and what activists and the public perceive.In addition, results from one capsule test,_NumbnrA-_60._from 1~9Rd_ has disappeared along with any data itmay have revealed. SUNSI Review CompleteTemplate =ADM -013E-RIDS= ADM -03file :///C 8/NRC-20 15-0251 -DRAFT-0005 .html 01 /12/2016 Page 2 of 2Both of these problems with testing the reactor metal feel very much like pussyfooting around the truth.But Palisades is just one example, even if the most flagrant, of the NRC changing horses in midstream toobfuscate results and obscure understanding of how they reach conclusions. The concept of publicresponsibility is the real loss in these situations where the NRC plays loosely with public safety.file :/// C :/Users/ CA G/Doc um ents/XP Mi gratedF o lders/P RM 28/NR C- 2 015-02 51 -DRAFT-0005 .html 0 22101/12/2016