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Centralized Storage

With the scientifically unsound proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump now canceled, the danger of "interim" storage threatens. This means that radioactive waste could be "temporarily" parked in open air lots, vulnerable to accident and attack, while a new repository site is sought.

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Thursday
Aug272020

Final NRC public comment webinar/call-in, re: Holtec's CISF in NM, scheduled for Wed., Sept. 2

New Mexico groups are planning to use the following statement in protest of the webinar/call-in only process, before delivering the rest of their verbal comments; one group, NISG, plans to boycott the webinar/call-in sessions altogether, while still working to generate written comments by the Sept. 22nd deadline:

This statement may be read at the start of or in place of your public comments --

Protest Statement to the NRC at next Webinar Hearing

My name is _______________, I’m from_____________ and I’m making these comments under protest because we can’t verify that the NRC decision-makers are receiving them.

To be relevant, these hearings

  • must be conducted in-person at site locations in New Mexico, as the NRC promised,
  • must extend the comment period until after the Public Health Emergency has ended and it is safe to have mass gatherings,

There is no compelling reason - except to accommodate Holtec - for these meetings to be rushed during the pandemic. The NRC says that waste can be safely stored at the reactor sites for 120 years. There are no contracts with waste generators or railroads that Holtec must honor.  I oppose the Holtec plan, as do the Governor of New Mexico, the governors of 20 tribal nations, and the large majority of New Mexicans.

With these blind, on-line meetings it is apparent that you have no interest in understanding our concerns.  Every state in the nation has clearly said “no” to hosting a storage site for this waste.  The people of New Mexico also say “no.”

 

As announced by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):

 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Conduct...Online Webinar for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Holtec HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility

 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct...a public meeting via webinar soliciting comments on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Holtec International’s (Holtec) proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Lea County, New Mexico.  The draft EIS evaluates potential environmental impacts of Holtec’s request to build and operate the proposed CISF. 

 

The public meeting webinar will be accessible to the public by navigating, on the day and time of the meeting, to the internet link below and entering the event number and password associated with the date of the webinar when prompted.  Telephone access will be required for the audio portion of the meetings and is available by dialing the telephone number and entering the passcode provided below.  The NRC staff will present the results of the draft environmental impact analysis and receive the public’s comments on the draft report.  The NRC invites members of the public to attend the public meeting webinars and to present oral comments on the draft EIS.

Tuesday, August 25th email from NRC NMSS DSFM (Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Division of Spent Fuel Management):


*****Note: Corrected hyperlinks to NRC’s WebEx site*****

 

SUBJECT: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Conduct Public Online Webinar for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Holtec HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility – September 2, 2020

 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct an additional public meeting via webinar soliciting comments on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Holtec International’s (Holtec) proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Lea County, New Mexico.  The draft EIS evaluates potential environmental impacts of Holtec’s request to build and operate the proposed CISF. 

 

The public meeting webinar will be accessible to the public by navigating, on the day and time of the meeting, to the internet link below and entering the event number and password associated with the date of the webinar when prompted.  Telephone access will be required for the audio portion of the meetings and is available by dialing the telephone number and entering the passcode provided below.  The NRC staff will present the results of the draft environmental impact analysis and receive the public’s comments on the draft report.  The NRC invites members of the public to attend the public meeting webinars and to present oral comments on the draft EIS.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 – 9:00 am MT (11:00 am ET)

Webinar:

Event address: https://usnrc.webex.com/

Event number: 199 183 5099

Event password: HOLTEC

Telephone access:

Phone number: 888-566-6509

Passcode: 1904459

 

The public may also submit written comments on the draft EIS before September 22, 2020.  Members of the public can provide comments by any of the following methods:

  •  
    • E-mail to  Holtec-CISFEIS@nrc.gov
    • Online at  https://www.regulations.gov/ (search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0052) 
    • US Mail to the following address: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:  TWFN-7-A60M, ATTN:  Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

 

The draft EIS can be found on the NRC public webpage for the Holtec CISF license application at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.htmlIf you do not have internet access, contact the NRC Public Document Room at 800-397-4209 for assistance.  Questions regarding the draft EIS should be directed to Jill Caverly at 301-415-7674 or at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.

Wednesday
Aug262020

At NRC Holtec CISF DEIS verbal call-in public comment meetings, 119 against dump, 41 for dump, thus far

By Beyond Nuclear's count, here is the break down from the public comment meetings thus far:

Meeting Date..........Opponents to Dump..........Proponents in Favor of the Dump

June 23, 2020.........35..................................24

July 9, 2020............34..................................7

August 20, 2020......15..................................0

August 25, 2020......18..................................8

August 26, 2020......17..................................2

Grand Total.............119................................41

Wednesday
Aug262020

Transcript of a Public Online Webinar for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Holtec Hi-Store Consolidated Interim Storage Facility - August 26, 2020

[Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, submitted two sets of verbal comments: Kamps's first set is viewable on pages 29 to 33 (that's pages 31 to 35 of 69 on the PDF Counter), and his second set is viewable on page 59 to 60 (which is pages 60 to 62 of 69 on the PDF counter].
Document Title: Transcript of a Public Online Webinar for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Holtec Hi-Store Consolidated Interim Storage Facility - August 26, 2020
Document Type: Meeting Transcript
Document Date: 08/26/2020
Wednesday
Aug262020

Beyond Nuclear's 15th and 16th sets of comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2018-0052, NRC's Holtec/ELEA CISF DEIS -- submitted verbally at NRC's 8/26 call-in session

Beyond Nuclear's 15th and 16th sets of public comments were comprised of submissions by radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps on the 8/26/20 NRC call-in.

Here is a link to the transcription of public comments.

Kamps's are viewable on pages 29 to 33 (that's pages 31 to 35 of 69 on the PDF Counter), and on page 59 to 60 (which is pages 60 to 62 of 69 on the PDF counter).

Tuesday
Aug252020

Beyond Nuclear's 14th set of public comments, re: 

Submitted verbally by radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps, on the Aug. 25 NRC call-in session, viewable on pages 66 to 72 (that's pages 68 to 74 of 129 on the PDF Counter) of the official NRC transcript.

The comments are viewable on pages 66 to 72, and page 115 to 120 (that's pages 68 to 74, and 113 to 118, of 129 on the PDF Counter), of the NRC's official transcript of the session.