ML20307A199

Comment (9105) E-mail Regarding ISP-CISF Draft EIS

ML20307A199
Person / Time
Site:	Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Issue date:	11/01/2020
From:	Public Commenter Public Commenter
To:	NRC/NMSS/DREFS
NRC/NMSS/DREFS
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85FR27447
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From: Cheryl Mitchell <milawoff@aol.com>

Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:50 PM To: WCS_CISFEIS Resource

Subject:

[External_Sender] Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),

Docket No. 72-1050; NRC-2016-0231

Dear Nuclear Regulatory Commission (TX CIS),

To the NRC:

Have you ever read the book, We Almost Lost Detroit? If not, you should. The NRC should not be advocating for the transportation of nuclear waste to and from the proposed Interim Storage Partners (ISP) high level waste storage site in Texas. Clearly, the NRC is working not for the American people, but for special interests.

Thousands of intensely radioactive shipments would travel through most of the states, mostly by train, but also by road and barge on vital waterways. The impacts are not insignificant. The underlying assumptions used to reach the conclusion that this is a safe activity are just plain wrong and have been manipulated in order to reach a predetermined conclusion. There is no such thing as a "small" accident involving nuclear waste.

Fires could cause cask lid bolts to stretch. Radioactive gases and particulates could escape via valves. A fire lasting longer than the mere half-hour and burning hotter than 1475 degrees Fahrenheit design bases would be a total disaster. These and other scenarios could cause cask failure and radioactive releases. And yet, these types of situations were ignored in the study.

Many transport fires have burned longer than the 1/2-hour or 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> NRC considered in its safety analysis. There are increasing numbers of tankers with flammable chemicals on the rails increasing the likelihood of high-temperature fires. This is the old, "Manipulate the facts" approach that is used to reach a flawed conclusion.

The DEIS fails to adequately assess the environmental impacts of the containers that would be used to transport and store the waste. There are 6 dry storage systems , including 16 kinds of canisters proposed for the ISP site. The environmental impacts of each of these have not been fully analyzed. The safety analysis in the certification and the report used for this DEIS are inadequate. The cask certification process is not reasonably accessible for public participation and this was no accident.

The medical risks associated with radiation of persons who may come into contact with nuclear waste has been manipulated and distorted. I thought that the NRC was supposed to consider public safety, but obviously this is not true. We are no longer a county that is "By the people, for the people" but we have become a county that is "By big business, for big business."

Nuclear waste products are inherently dangerous and cannot be safely transported across the country.

Sincerely, Cheryl Mitchell 24 W Augusta Ave Spokane, WA 99205 509-327-5181

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[External_Sender] Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Docket No.

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