ML14356A559

Comment (6) of Barbara Metzger on Radiation Accident at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

ML14356A559
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	12/16/2014
From:	Metzger B J - No Known Affiliation
To:	Division of Administrative Services
SECY RAS
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79FR61668 00006
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A6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,2014LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOTA6 FRIDAY: DECEMBER 5, 2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOTMailbagFORUMM/hrro h to ~l. -"*0%73fThere is a mysteriouscampaign going on againstourllocal newspapers. Theykeep~disappearing.WE\ were surprised anddisappointed to see that lo-cal ne spapers are no long-er avatihble in the space be-tween A4astasia and the fleamarket 61 Ocean Avenue. Afew ye ago, local news-papers w e removed fromthe w y between thepost office d the Lumber-yard mall. en local news-papers wer banned fromthe entrance o Wells FargoBank.All were con enient placesto pick up copi s, as well aspresenting an o ortunity tocheck out nearb business-es.We don't know these re-movals were don at thewish of the busin sses, orsome out-of-town ropertymanagers or neatne zeal-ots. Sure, things were littleuntidy at times, but th n lifecan be untidy as well.Anne and Dickc nkLaguna B chTell regulatorygroup we don'twant waste dumpLaguna Beach is withinthe 20-square-mile area sub-ject to permanent relocationWe don't know ifthese removalswere done at thewish of thebusinesses, orsome out-of-townproperty managersor neatnesszealots.in the event of a radiation ac-cident at the San Onofre Nu-clear Generating Station,which has been closed be-cause of safety concerns.The plant is situated in arecognized tsunami, earth-quake and firestorm zoneand is vulnerable to climatechange and terrorist attack.The 1,631 tons of spent fuelnow stored on the site will re-main highly radioactive fortens of thousands of genera-tions, according to a ,reportcommissioned by theFriends of the Earth organi-zation in 2013.We were promised whenthe plant was constructedthat the spent fuel rodswould be removed from thesite, but the current plan per-mits them to be stored on*the site for 60 years or indefi-nitely until a federal reposi-tory for them has been creat-ed, according to the report.At the same time, theroads and railroad spurs andthe equipment necessary forthe transfer of the fuel, rodsto a safe repository arescheduled to be removed by2032, and there is no fundingfor storage after 2048, ac-cording to a Southern Cali-fornia Edison Post-Shut-down Decommissioning Ac-tivities report.A better idea would be tomove the spent fuel rods to asecure interim location, per-haps a military base or som,eother sparsely populatedarea, before the decomrms-sionng of the plant is con-sidered complete and to-hold SCE responsible for:;their safety 'and security as.long as they remain at San* Onofre.""We'liave until Dec. 22 to letthe Nuclear RegulatoryCommission know that wedon't want a radioactivewaste dump in our backyard.The address is U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission,Attn: Cindy Bladey, Office ofAdministration, NRC, MailStop: 3WFN-06-A44M,Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.-73--7191::--A 6 / e, (/' k""Barbara MetzgerLaguna BeachSUNSI Review CompleteTemplate = ADM -013E-RIDS= ADM-03Add=

A6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,2014LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOTA6 FRIDAY: DECEMBER 5, 2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOTMailbagFORUMM/hrro h to ~l. -"*0%73fThere is a mysteriouscampaign going on againstourllocal newspapers. Theykeep~disappearing.WE\ were surprised anddisappointed to see that lo-cal ne spapers are no long-er avatihble in the space be-tween A4astasia and the fleamarket 61 Ocean Avenue. Afew ye ago, local news-papers w e removed fromthe w y between thepost office d the Lumber-yard mall. en local news-papers wer banned fromthe entrance o Wells FargoBank.All were con enient placesto pick up copi s, as well aspresenting an o ortunity tocheck out nearb business-es.We don't know these re-movals were don at thewish of the busin sses, orsome out-of-town ropertymanagers or neatne zeal-ots. Sure, things were littleuntidy at times, but th n lifecan be untidy as well.Anne and Dickc nkLaguna B chTell regulatorygroup we don'twant waste dumpLaguna Beach is withinthe 20-square-mile area sub-ject to permanent relocationWe don't know ifthese removalswere done at thewish of thebusinesses, orsome out-of-townproperty managersor neatnesszealots.in the event of a radiation ac-cident at the San Onofre Nu-clear Generating Station,which has been closed be-cause of safety concerns.The plant is situated in arecognized tsunami, earth-quake and firestorm zoneand is vulnerable to climatechange and terrorist attack.The 1,631 tons of spent fuelnow stored on the site will re-main highly radioactive fortens of thousands of genera-tions, according to a ,reportcommissioned by theFriends of the Earth organi-zation in 2013.We were promised whenthe plant was constructedthat the spent fuel rodswould be removed from thesite, but the current plan per-mits them to be stored on*the site for 60 years or indefi-nitely until a federal reposi-tory for them has been creat-ed, according to the report.At the same time, theroads and railroad spurs andthe equipment necessary forthe transfer of the fuel, rodsto a safe repository arescheduled to be removed by2032, and there is no fundingfor storage after 2048, ac-cording to a Southern Cali-fornia Edison Post-Shut-down Decommissioning Ac-tivities report.A better idea would be tomove the spent fuel rods to asecure interim location, per-haps a military base or som,eother sparsely populatedarea, before the decomrms-sionng of the plant is con-sidered complete and to-hold SCE responsible for:;their safety 'and security as.long as they remain at San* Onofre.""We'liave until Dec. 22 to letthe Nuclear RegulatoryCommission know that wedon't want a radioactivewaste dump in our backyard.The address is U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission,Attn: Cindy Bladey, Office ofAdministration, NRC, MailStop: 3WFN-06-A44M,Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.-73--7191::--A 6 / e, (/' k""Barbara MetzgerLaguna BeachSUNSI Review CompleteTemplate = ADM -013E-RIDS= ADM-03Add=