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
Download: ML14356A559 (1)

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A6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOT A6 FRIDAY: DECEMBER 5, 2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOT Mailbag FORUM M/hrro h to ~l. -"*0%7 3f There is a mysterious campaign going on against ourllocal newspapers.

They keep~disappearing.

WE\ were surprised and disappointed to see that lo-cal ne spapers are no long-er avatihble in the space be-tween A4astasia and the flea market 61 Ocean Avenue. A few ye ago, local news-papers w e removed from the w y between the post office d the Lumber-yard mall. en local news-papers wer banned from the entrance o Wells Fargo Bank.All were con enient places to pick up copi s, as well as presenting an o ortunity to check out nearb business-es.We don't know these re-movals were don at the wish of the busin sses, or some out-of-town roperty managers or neatne zeal-ots. Sure, things were little untidy at times, but th n life can be untidy as well.Anne and Dickc nk Laguna B ch Tell regulatory group we don't want waste dump Laguna Beach is within the 20-square-mile area sub-ject to permanent relocation We don't know if these removals were done at the wish of the businesses, or some out-of-town property managers or neatness zealots.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 a recognized tsunami, earth-quake and firestorm zone and is vulnerable to climate change and terrorist attack.The 1,631 tons of spent fuel now stored on the site will re-main highly radioactive for tens of thousands of genera-tions, according to a ,report commissioned by the Friends of the Earth organi-zation in 2013.We were promised when the plant was constructed that the spent fuel rods would be removed from the site, 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, the roads and railroad spurs and the equipment necessary for the transfer of the fuel, rods to a safe repository are scheduled to be removed by 2032, and there is no funding for storage after 2048, ac-cording to a Southern Cali-fornia Edison Post-Shut-down Decommissioning Ac-tivities report.A better idea would be to move the spent fuel rods to a secure interim location, per-haps a military base or som,e other sparsely populated area, 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 let the Nuclear Regulatory Commission know that we don't want a radioactive waste dump in our backyard.The address is U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Attn: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, NRC, Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.-73--7191::--A 6 / e, (/' k"" Barbara Metzger Laguna Beach SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM -013 E-RIDS= ADM-03 Add=

A6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOT A6 FRIDAY: DECEMBER 5, 2014 LAGUNA BEACH COASTLINE PILOT Mailbag FORUM M/hrro h to ~l. -"*0%7 3f There is a mysterious campaign going on against ourllocal newspapers.

They keep~disappearing.

WE\ were surprised and disappointed to see that lo-cal ne spapers are no long-er avatihble in the space be-tween A4astasia and the flea market 61 Ocean Avenue. A few ye ago, local news-papers w e removed from the w y between the post office d the Lumber-yard mall. en local news-papers wer banned from the entrance o Wells Fargo Bank.All were con enient places to pick up copi s, as well as presenting an o ortunity to check out nearb business-es.We don't know these re-movals were don at the wish of the busin sses, or some out-of-town roperty managers or neatne zeal-ots. Sure, things were little untidy at times, but th n life can be untidy as well.Anne and Dickc nk Laguna B ch Tell regulatory group we don't want waste dump Laguna Beach is within the 20-square-mile area sub-ject to permanent relocation We don't know if these removals were done at the wish of the businesses, or some out-of-town property managers or neatness zealots.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 a recognized tsunami, earth-quake and firestorm zone and is vulnerable to climate change and terrorist attack.The 1,631 tons of spent fuel now stored on the site will re-main highly radioactive for tens of thousands of genera-tions, according to a ,report commissioned by the Friends of the Earth organi-zation in 2013.We were promised when the plant was constructed that the spent fuel rods would be removed from the site, 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, the roads and railroad spurs and the equipment necessary for the transfer of the fuel, rods to a safe repository are scheduled to be removed by 2032, and there is no funding for storage after 2048, ac-cording to a Southern Cali-fornia Edison Post-Shut-down Decommissioning Ac-tivities report.A better idea would be to move the spent fuel rods to a secure interim location, per-haps a military base or som,e other sparsely populated area, 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 let the Nuclear Regulatory Commission know that we don't want a radioactive waste dump in our backyard.The address is U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Attn: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, NRC, Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.-73--7191::--A 6 / e, (/' k"" Barbara Metzger Laguna Beach SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM -013 E-RIDS= ADM-03 Add=