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Comment (14) of Judith Canepa of the New York Climate Action Group Opposing the License Renewal Application for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Tennessee Valley Authority
ML13130A239
Person / Time
Site: Sequoyah  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 04/30/2013
From: Canepa J
New York Climate Action Group
To:
Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
References
78FR15055 00014, NRC-2013-0037
Download: ML13130A239 (2)


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rage I As of: May 02, 2013 Received:

April 30, 2013 PUBLIC SUBMISSION

/Status: PendingPost PUBLC S BMISIONTracking No. ljx-852e-6088 Comments Due: May 03, 201 Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2013-0037 Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Comment On: NRC-2013-0037-0003 License Renewal Application for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Tennessee Valley Authority Document:

NRC-2013-0037-DRAFT-0009 Comment on FR Doc # 2013-05491 L OI 3 Submitter Information

U3r Name: Judith Canepa -Address: -F1 716 East 11 th Street #2P =New York, NY, 10009 --, Organization:

New York Climate Action Group M-j -General Comment The New York Climate Action Group strongly opposes the application by the Tennessee Valley Authority to renew the license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, in light of the following grave concerns: 1. The plant has aged ten years past its intended lifespan.

An alarming number of parts that were replaced are considered non-compliant under your own standards.

2. Your agency cited the company for failure to perform corrective actions for problems with their other reactors.

Indeed, TVA has flagrantly ignored NRC standards for safety for decades. We cannot trust this company to ensure the safety of the surrounding communities.

3. TVA has had to perform emergency shutdowns of other reactors a shockingly high number of times. We cannot assume that the Sequoyah plant is handled differently from their usual way of running operations.

However, we must have access to information related to how many SCRAMs have taken place at this facility before being able to comment knowledgeably about this concern.4. As has been seen in other nuclear power plants, cutting a massive hole in the containment structure, already subjected to the high stressors of SCRAMS and simple aging, endangers the integrity of the structure itself and thus the ability of the ice-condenser system to keep the radiation out of the surrounding environment.

Our recommendations are that the license renewal application be denied and that nuclear materials be interred,.-0-https://www.fdms.gov/fdms-web-agency/component/contentstreamer?objectld=09000064812adc5 f&for... 05/02/2013 Page 2 of 2 on site.We support the swift transfer to renewable energy technologies.

Such a transfer is not only possible, it is possible now, and absolutely essential for the sustainability of human life. If Germany, Denmark, and other countries can do it, so can the United States. See the work of Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University:

Shifting the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 http ://news. stanford.edu/news/2009/october 19/j acobson-energy-study-102009.html https://www.fdms.gov/fdms-web-agency/component/contentstreamer?objectld=09000064812adc5 f&for... 05/02/2013