ML13023A384

Comment (269) of Deborah W. Harris on Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation

ML13023A384
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse, Salem, Indian Point, Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	12/14/2012
From:	Harris D W - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
References
NRC-2012-0246, 77FR65137 00269
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Comment# 269 77 FR 65137 10/25/2012 As of: December Received:

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Ig Comments Due: ,Submission Typi Docket: NRC-2012-0246 Consideration on Environmental Impacts on Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Comment On: NRC-2012-0246-0001 Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation Document:

NRC-2012-0246-DRAFT-0393 Comment on FR Doc # 2012-26295 Page 1 of 1 17, 2012 aber 14, 2012 Post v-82j8-n3np January 02, 2013 e: Web cmm Submitter Information D Name: Deborah W. Harris Address: I-l o_POB 602 __ C) -Floyd, VA, 24091 -n C:)%0 m C,)General Comment Besides issues with earthquakes, fires, severe storms, the risks of pool leaks into groundwater, which then flow into surface waters downstream

-- as have occurred at Indian Point 2 & 3 (NY/Hudson River), Salem I (NJ/Delaware River), CT Yankee (Connecticut River & Long Island Sound), the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Brookhaven High Flux Beam Reactor (Long Island's sole source drinking water aquifer), BWXT Technologies (VA/James River), as well as Hatch (GA/Altamaha River) and Davis-Besse (OH/Lake Erie) --must be considered in this EIS.The risks of current dry cask storage must also be considered in this EIS. Lack of quality assurance on design and fabrication of dry casks, as revealed by industry and even NRC whistleblowers, calls into question the structural integrity of dry casks currently used for on-site storage. Current dry casks, almost all stored outdoors in plain site, have not been designed to withstand terrorism, such as an attack by TOW anti-tank missiles.

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