ML19268B806

Limited Appearance Statement from Kim Patrick Regarding the Seabrook Station Unit 1 License Amendment Application

ML19268B806
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	09/24/2019
From:	Patrick K - No Known Affiliation
To:	Mattison M Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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From: Kim Patrick To: Mattison, Molly

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[External_Sender] ACTION NEEDED: NextEra hearing on license extension: Seabrook Nuclear Reactor Containment Vessel Degradation issue Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 11:08:28 AM

Dear Ms. Mattison,

My name is Kim Patrick. I am a resident of Newburyport and live within a 10-mile radius from the Seabrook Plant. I first learned of the proximity a month after I moved here from Boston, when my two children started school and I was required to fill out a form for each child regarding permission to administer potassium iodide tablets to my kids in the event of an emergency from the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. I hope that never needs to happen and Im writing to you today because of a public safety issue at the plant.

I recently learned that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) extended the license for the Seabrook Nuclear Power plant to operate through 2050. I am asking the NRC to reverse this decision to extend the Seabrook license from 2030 to 2050. And that the NRC should require to come up with a plan that has been vetted by experts to address the alkali silica reaction (ASR) issue that is slowly degrading the containment vessel.

The seabrook plant owner, NextEra,has admitted that the concrete surrounding the reactor is compromised due to an alkali silica reaction (ASR) that is slowly degrading the structural integrity of the containment vessel. The license for the plant to operate has already been extended by the NRC from 2030 to 2050. This hearing has been requested and granted so that the judges of the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board should decide if the decision needs to be reversed. This is an isolated issue that is only facing this nuclear reactor and not the other 98 reactors in the US so there is no experience on how to handle this issue, as the erosion progresses.

As a resident of Newburyport that lives within the 10 mile radius, I receive a phone book sized evacuation plan to put in my car and reference in the event of an emergency. This plan basically just describes getting in your car and driving as far as way as you can as quickly as you can. I also have to sign a permission slip to allow the school to administer potassium iodide tablets to my kids at school if an emergency were to occur to block the absorption of radiation in their thyroid. And this evacuation plan also states that the school will evacuation the children to move them from the area as well even though I know that Newburyport does not have enough busses to transport the kids from all of the schools K-12 away at the same time,so it would mean my children may not even be able to evacuate the area if there were to be a nuclear emergency. We have also learned from other nuclear disasters, evacuation is not an effective or lifesaving remedy to a nuclear disaster. So really, there is no much anyone with this kind of proximity could do to escape.

Instead, I ask that the NRC require the owners to demonstrate due diligence of the known ASR degradation of the containment vessel issue at Seabrook.And that they collaborate with experts around the world to determine the safest solution to this issue to ensure the containment vessel will not be compromised.

Please take the necessary actions at this hearing to ensure public safety in the Seabrook Nuclear Reactor area before extending the license.

I am happy to speak with you more about this if you want to hear anymore from the people who will be directly impacted by this decision.

-Kim Patrick 36 Plummer Ave

Newburyport, MA 01950 617-784-8286