Challenge to unsafe waste storage at Fermi 2

Beyond Nuclear has defended its intervention to petition the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing board which challenges safety, security, environmental, and civil liberties risks associated with the proposed dry cask storage of Fermi nuclear power plant's irradiated nuclear fuel on the Lake Erie shoreline. The Fermi 2 boiling water reactor's indoor high-level radioactive waste storage pool is now overflowing, leading Detroit Edison to seek indefinitely long-term "overflow parking" in concrete and steel silos on a concrete pad in the open air. Both the proposed Holtec International dry casks, and the storage pool, are vulnerable to accidents and attacks, which could lead to a waste fire and catastrophic radioactive releases. To mitigate the risks, Beyond Nuclear calls for hardened on-site storage. In recognition that the only solution to the radioactive waste dilemma is to stop making it, Beyond Nuclear also calls for the shutdown of Fermi 2, and the cancellation of the Fermi 3 new reactor proposal. Detroit Edisony Company and the NRC staff challenged Beyond Nuclear's standing, as well as the merits of its concerns relating to the proposed "Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation." See the May 7th Beyond Nuclear contentions, as well as our June 8th defense. And read the media release. If your group has not already done so, please consider signing on to the Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear Waste at Reactors. You can sign on by sending us an email.