ML15275A235

Comment (37) of Marty Brown on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant License Renewal

ML15275A235
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/05/2015
From:	Michael Brown - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
80FR37664 00037, NRC-2009-0552
Download: ML15275A235 (3)

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UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

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= ADM -013E-RIDS= ADM-03 STATEMENT FOR NRCAugust 5, 2015SOME OF THE MANY IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT FROM NUCLEAR GENERATION OF ENERGY THAT CONCERN ME ARE THESE:DIABLO CANYON IS SITTING ON OR NEAR THIRTEEN EARTHQUAKE FAULTS.CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE MOST SEISMICALLY ACTIVE PLACES ON THE PLANET. THEDECISION TO BUILD THIS PLANT HERE 35+ YEARS AGO WAS IN TOTALCONTRADICTION OF NRC REGULATIONS STATING THAT NUCLEAR FACILITIES SHOULDNOT BE BUILT NEAR MAJOR ACTIVE EARTHQUAKE FAULTS.THE HOSGRI FAULT JUST OFF THE COAST FROM DIABLO IS CONNECTED TO THE SANSIMEON FAULT AND THE SHORELINE FAULT. THE SHORLINE FAULT RUNS 600 METERSFROM THE PLANT AND 300 METERS FROM THE INTAKES.SEISMIC EXPERTS AGREE THAT IN TERMS OF DESTRUCTIVE SHAKING POTENTIAL DIABLO CANYON IS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST. THIS RISK ALONE JUSTIFIES NOTRELICENSING DIABLO CANYON.THE FUKUSHIMA 9.0 EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT EXPECTED OR PLANNED FOR -THEYWERE CONFIDENT THAT THEIR REACTORS COULD WITHSTAND ANYTHING MOTHERNATURE COULD DEAL. THEY WERE WRONG. AND THE PEOPLE, THE LAND AND THEOCEAN ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THEIR ERROR IN JUDGMENT.

P G & E IS SOCONFIDENT THAT DIABLO CANYON CAN WITHSTAND THE LARGEST POTENTIAL EARTHQUAKES IN THE REGION, THEY BYPASSED THE INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWPANEL BEFORE GIVING THEIR REPORT TO NRC. NO ONE KNOWS HOW STRONG THELARGEST EARTHQUAKE WILL BE.HOW WOULD 150,000 RESIDENTS BE EVACUATED IF THERE WAS A NUCLEAR DISASTERHERE? ADD TO THAT 100,000 MORE PEOPLE DURING THE TOURIST SEASON. WHEREWOULD THEY GO AND FOR HOW LONG?ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN:ONCE THROUGH COOLING ENTRAINS 1.5 BILLION MARINE LARVAE EVERY YEAR.DIABLO CANYON HAS BEEN CALLED CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST MARINE PREDATOR.

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S INDEPENDENT SCIENCE REVIEW COMMITTEE CALCULATED DIABLO CANYON'S ONCE THROUGH COOLING AFFECTS 500 MILES OFCOASTLINE MARINE ENVIRONMENT WATERS. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF LOSSOF OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY EQUAL TO SEVERAL HUNDRED OR SEVERAL THOUSANDACRES OF ROCKY REEF AND NEAR SHORE HABITAT.

Page 2I COULD GO ON STATING VALID CONCERNS OF THE OPERATION OF DIABLO CANYONFROM OVERCROWDED COOLING POOLS, TO EMBRITTLEMENT OF THE 35+ YEAR OLDREACTOR CORE, AND MORE -WE DON'T NEED THE POWER FROM NUCLEAR GENERATION,-

AND WE DON'T NEED ORWANT THE WASTE. RE-LICENSING DIABLO CANYON UNTIL 2045? MOST OF US IN THISROOM WON'T BE ALIVE. DO WE WANT TO BURDEN OUR GRANDCHILDREN WITH THERESPONSIBILITY OF SECURING AND GUARDING RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR 1,000'S OFYEARS? I DON'T. NUCLEAR GENERATION IS A DINOSAUR

-IT SHOULD BE EXTINCT.MARTY BROWN5385 PALMA AVENUEATASCADERO, CA. 93422805-423-8500