PC-055 AVRAVR undund FFon ort St.St. VrainVrain HTGRHTGR fUrftir denden THTRTHTR; ; diesediese AnlagenAnlagen werdenwerden auchauch inin den den USAUSA alsals kammerziellekommerzielle betrachtet.betrachtet. DieDie mmiserable iserable LeistungsbilanzLeistungsbilanz derder deutschen deutschen KKugelhzufen-Reaktorenu gelhaufen-Reaktoren kannkann nichtnicht alsals ArgumentArgument gegengegen derenderen kommerziellekommerzielle Intentionenlntentionen dienen:dienen: SieSie warenwaren kommerzieUekommerzielle Reaktoren!Reaktorenl . EsEs bestehtbesteht keinkein signifikantessignifikantes ProliferationsProliferations-Risiko -Risiko fUrfür denden AVR-MOII,AVR-l\rüll, wiewie verschiedene GutachtenGutacl{en (z.B.(2.B. auchauch vonvon NNSANNSA, , 2013)2013) darlegen.darlegen. 1mlm AligemeinenAllgemeinen enthaltenthailt derderAVR-Müll AVR-MUII keinkein HEU.HEU. EineEine KanditianierungKonditionierung undund EndlageEndlagerung ru ng inin Deutschland Deutschland wawärenr en samitsomit moglichmöglich. . •. DieDie BrennelementeBrennelemente wurden hauptsachlichhauptsächlich (zu(zu 96%)96y0) inin Deutschland Deutschland vonvon derder NUKEMNUKEM hergestellthergestellt, , lediglichlediglich derder HEU-AnteHEU-Anteil il (830(830 kg)kg) stammtstarnmt ausaus denden USA.USA. •. Wiewie eineeine unabhangigeunabhängige ExpertengruppeExpertengruppe 20142014 darlegte,darlegte, gabgab eses verschiedeneverschiedene UnfalleUntälle imimAVR, AVR, diedie Uberüber JahrzehnteJahrzehnte verschwiverschwiegen egen wowordenr den warewaren. n. DieDie BrennelemenBrennelemente te sindsind dahedaher r inin einem einem sehrsehr schschlechten lechten Zustand.Zustand. Ihrelhre WiederaufarbeiruWiederaufafbeitung ng wird vermutlic vermutlich h greBegroße MengenMengen sekundarensekundären MOMülls ils erzeugen,erzeugen, diedie diedie beabsichtigtebeabsichtigte SauberungSäuberung derder SRSSRS behindernbehindem dUrften.dürften. UngefahrUnge{ähr 4%4yo derder TTHTR-Brennelemente HTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen,zerbrochen, mitmit vermutlich Elhnlichenähnlichen Konsequenzen.Konsequenzen. •. DDieie deutschedeutsche Bundesregierung hathat inin den den vergangenen Jahren ottizielloffiziell erkJart,erklärt, dassdass es keine k€ine Planepläne fOr,für den ExportExport derder THTRTHlR-Brennelemente -Brennelemente inin die die USAUSAgäbe, gabe, sondern nurnur{ü. fOr die desdes AVR. Ausgehend von derderAnnahme, Annahme, dassdass die deutschedeutsche SeiteSeire nunnun dochdoch diedie UmweltvenraglichkeitsprUfungUmweltuenräglichkeitsprüfung desdes amerikanischenamerikanischen DOEDoE fOrfür die THTR-SrennelemenreTHTR-Brennelemente offizielloffiziell unterstUtzt,unterstützt, vermuten wir dassdass diedie deutschendeutschen EExDonolänex portplane fOrfür denden AVR-MOIIAVR-Müll nur derder€rste erste Schritt eines bkologischökolggisch hochsthöchst problematischenproblematischen Exports ailenallen deutschendeutscien AtommOllsAtommülls inin andere andere UinderLänder darstellt. EsEs gibt bereitsbereits entsprechendeentsprechende AnAngebotegebote durch RussRussland. land. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTALENVIROI{MEI{TAL ASSESSMENT I/ Umweltvertraglichkeltsstudle:Umwetwerträgtichkeitsstudiei http://energy.qoy/sjtes/prod/ftles/Z016{Ol!f28/Draft%20pOE%2OEA%2Q1977htto://energy,oov/sites/prod/fi les/2O16/0Uf 28lDraft y62ODOEo/62OEAy.2O1977 FOR %2QPUBUC.pdfo/"2OPUBLlC,pdf With my signature I support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS_sRs, Nachname, Vorname Wohnort Untej;schriftUnterse$rift Name,prenameName, prename city / 104(natJre 1. ., -1' ----rn"' V (it"., ~'\0p'-l . I tuou*"L-.(L"~,,, 6~. ·\ (b . :l!A 2. i?(lQ 7. 8. 9. 10. .. EineEme AKionAktlon des BündnissesBundnlsses gegen Castor-Exporte (Buegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes-landes- und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-lnitiativenAnti-Atom-Initiativen und dem BUND NRW www.bund-www.bund nrw.denrw.de www.westcastordewww.westcastor.d e BitteSine bis zumzum 01.03.201601.03.2016 anan den BUNDSUND NRW e.VeV senden:senden: MerowingerstraßeMeravvngerstrat:\e 88,88, 40225 40225 Düsseldorf,Dusseldorf, Fax:Fax : 0049 211 302005-26, V-i-S-d.P.:V.i.S.d.P.: Buegece,Buegece, c/oc/o Claudia Baitinger,Baitinger, fT OO4900492369242962369 24296 Claudia.Claudia.Baitinger@[email protected] .net Stand5tand 14.02.14 .02.16L6 Bsup101 2 AVRPC-055 undünd Fort Fon St. St Vrain HTGRHIGR fUrfür den THTR;lH-fR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA USAais als kommerzieliekomrier2ielle betrachtet. Die miserable m:serable Leistungsbilanz derdef deutschendeulschen KugelhaufenwReaktorenKugelitalfen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerzielle Intentionenirteniaonen di€nen:dienen: Sies,e waren kommerziellekotameziele Reaktoren!Reaktorer,l •. EsFs bestehtbosteht kein signifikantessigni:ikanles ProJiferations-RisikoProliferatiots-Risiko fOrfür dendenAVR-Müll, AVR-MOII, v.riewie verschiedene ve.schiedene Gutachtencutachten (z.B.{2.8. auchauch von NNSA, 2013) darlegen.daregen. 1mlm A1lgemeinenAllgemeinen enthEUterthält derdgr AVR-MUlIAVR-Mü! kein:e.-(i^ e,Q/ 2. /Ja"t^ {, /L. ö ['-' lie 12 l)q'{ 3. (4,+ (L; rAr-^ Ä< t"r^ 0.,.r ).-,, 9ia** .Cu &,, a,Q;, 5. HiL4äül+,litJF 2 f,(Llrü /z// 6. (tt14. t9ake -kzt, /L' KA 7. .^-a\ ,.1-, ..) ,.- ::,.:, , r.a)rl\f ,\o;. .3u,/',, L $n<| Y,l .' .-, 'i e- 1,.^ z"\"4 L "^ (LhaLze tR BitteBitta bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRW eVe.V senden: Merowingerstral>eMerowingersfaße 88, 40225 DUsseldorf,Düsseldorf, Fax: 0049 21121.1 302005-26, V.i.S.d.P.:V,i.5.d.P: Buegece, c/o Claudia ' Baitinger, TI 004923692429600492369 24296 [email protected]ä[email protected] Stand 14.02.16 2 Bsup102 AVRPC-055 und FortFortSt St Vrain Vmin HTGR fUrflrr den THTR; diesedieseAnlagen Anlagen werden auch inin den USAalsUsAals korrmerziellekomreziella betrachtetbetrdchbl Die niserablenisemble Leistungsbilanz der deutschendeubclen Kugelhaufen-ReaktorenKJgelhaufen-Reakbren kann nichtnichtals als ArgunErtgegenArgurrentgegen deren kO!TYTerziellekonrr€e ielle IntentionenInbntionen dienen:dieaen: Sie5ie warent,€r€n korrtrrerziellekcni.r€rziele Reaktoren!Reakb.enl •. Es bestehtbesiehi keinkdn signifikantes signäkantes ProlProliferdtons-Rjsiko iferations-Risiko fUrfü.denAVR-Müll, den AVR-Mull, wier,!i. verschiedener.€rs.hiedene GutachtenGu:äcaten (z.8.(2.8. auch von NNSA.NNSA, 2013) darlegen.därleg€n. ImAligemeinen!mAllgemeinen enthaltenthä:t derderAVR-Milll AVR-MOII kein HEU.hEU. Eine KondKondidonierung itionierung und E!ndlagerung ndlagerung in Deutschland ,niär8nwaren sonitsorrit miiglich.nxiglich. •. DDieie BrennelerrenteBrenne:err€nte wurdenwuden haupt5achlichhaupGächlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland vonvoJ] der NUKEMNUKE M hergestellt,hergeslellL lediglich der HEU-Anteil (830 kg)k9)starrlrtaus starrrrt aus den USA. •. Wie eine unabhangigeunabhängige Expertengruppe 201420L4 darlegte.dadegte, gab es verschiedene UnFalleUnfälle iimmAVR. AVR, die Oberübef J ahrzehnteahzehnte verschwiegen worden$6rden waren. Die BrennelementeEaennelernente sindsird daher daher:n in einemeiaean sehrsehrsa|,echter schlechten Zustand.Zustand, Ihrelhre WiederaufarbeibJngWiederaufarbeitung wirdw;rd v€mutlichverrutich grofSegroße Mengen[4engen sekundarensekundären MullsMülls erzeugen,ezeugen, die diea,e beabsichtigtebeabsichtigE Sauberung5äuberung der SRS5RS behindern dilr1tEn.dairften. UngeFahrUnqefähr4% 4% derTHTR-BrennelementederTHTR-BrennelenEnte sind zerbrochen, rritnit vennutlichvemudich ahnlichenähnlichen Konsequenzen.Konsequenzen, •. Die,ie deutschedeußche BundesregEundesregierung ierung hat in den vergangenen)vergangenenJ ahren offiziell erkiart,erldärl dass es keine PlaneF:ine fUrtil. den Exp:>rtderTHTR-Brennelementefxpofder1l-fR grennelen€nte iinn die USA gabe.gäbe, sondem nurffirnur i.rr die des AVR. Ausgehend von derderAnnahnE, Annahrre, dass die deutschedeu6che SeiteSeiE nun doch die UmNeltvertraglichkeitsprlifungUrr reNerfäglichkeißpräfung des arrerikanischenar:ik"nischer DOE fUrflir die THTR-BrenneTHTR-BrennelerrEnte lerrente offiziell unterstDtztunterstjiEt, venrutenverrruten wir dass ddie ie deutschendeuEchen ExportplaneExpoftpläne furrür den AVR-MullAVR-Müll nurnurder der ersteeist€ SchrittS.arit€ines eines 6kologischökologisch h6chsthörhst problematischenfoble.iatjs.asn Exportslxports allenaa,en deutschendelbchen AtDmmillisAbmnülls in andereändere Landerländer darstelltdarstellL Es gibt bereits entsprechendeenßpechende AngeboteAngebole durch Russland.Russ:tnd. DRAFT ENVJRONMENVIRONMENfAI ENTAL ASSESSMASStSSMFNT ENT I/ UmweltvertraglichkeUmweltverträglichke:tssttitsstuddie: ie: hhttp://eneroy.gov/site5/prod/nles/20L tt p: /len e rg y. 9 0 v /5 i te sIp [0 dID t es/2 0 166/01lf2/0 1 /f2 8/0B/)raft%2 ra ft%2 00)OF%2 DO E% 2 004A7o201.977_FOR EA %2 0 19 7 7J 0 R %%20PUBLlC.pdf20P UBLIC. pdf With my signature II support these comments against theth€ DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuelfüe, elements at SRS.5RS. Nachname,Nach na me, Vorname WohnortWghnort UnterschriftUntefsch rift Name, prename citycttv signature 1.L S, k..J r ,. v\ 'l tlckek,"o{,.:,1 ~~¢i'.s.t"F!?q1 s, !.:r'');;/ c..h II{ ""'- I e/ 3,~l~( ,~~~ " 22.. .J I / 3. 4. 55.. 66.. 77.. 88.. 99.. 10. .. ElneEine AktlonAkt:on des Bundnrsses8ündnisses gegen Castor-ExporteCasto.-Exporte (Buegece).{Buegece), Zusammenschlusszusammensaaluss ausäus landes-landes-und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-lniUalivenAnti-Atom-Initiativen undu!d dem BUND NRW www,bundwww.trund- nrw.de wwwwww.weslcasloa.de .westcastQr.de Bitte bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRW eVe.V senden: MeruwingerstraBeMerowingersb-äße 8B,88, 40225 Dusseldorf,pisseldorf, Fax: 00492110049 2:.1 302005-26.302005-26, V.i.S.d.P.:Vi.S.d.P: Buegece, c/o ClaudClaudia ia Baitinger.Bäitlnger, T 0049236924296AO492369 24296 Claudiaclaudia. ,Baitinger@[email protected] ,oet Stand 14.02.16 2 Bsup103 PC-055 AVRAVR undund FonFen St.st. VrainVrai n HTGRHTG Rfür fU r den den THTRiTHTR; dieseAnlagend iese Anlagen werdenwerden auchauch inin denden usAUSA als a1s kommerziellekommerzielte beträchtet,beuachtet. DieDie miseräblemiserable Lei$ungsbilanzLeistungsbilanz derder deutschen deutschen Kugelhaufen"ReakbrenKugelhaufen-Reaktoren kannkann nichtnicht alsals ArgümertArgument ge$ngegen deren deren kommeniellekommerzieUe htentionenIntentionen dienen:dienen : Sie51e warenwaren kommerziellekommerzielle ReahoßnlReaktorenl ' FsEs besteht besteht keinkein signifikantessignifikantes Proliferations-RisikoProliferations-Rlsiko fürfUr den den AVR-Mt)ll,AVR-MOU , wiewie verschiedeneverschiedene GüEchtenGutachten (2.8,(z.B . auchauch vonvon NNSA,20111)NNSA. 2013) därlegen.darlegen, lmAllgemeinen1m Allgemeinen enthältenmlllt derder AVR-lVüllAVR·MOII keinkein HEU.HEU, EineEine KonditionierungKonditionierung undund EndlagerungEndlagerung inin Deutschland Deutschland \,värenwaren sömitsomit möglich.mOg lich. .• DieDie BrennelememeBrennelemente wudenwurden hauptsächlichhauptsachl ich (zu(zu 96%)96 %) inin Deußchland Deutschland vonvon derder NUKEMNUKEM hergestellt,hergesteUt . ' lediglichlediglich derder HEU-Anteil HEU·Anteil (930(830 kg)kg) stammtstammt ausaus denden uSA.USA . WieWie elnee lne unabhängigeunabho!1ngige ExpeftengruppeExpertengruppe 20142014 dadeüE.darlegte . gabgab eses verschiedene verschiedene UnfälleUnfalle im1m AVR,AVR, diedie überUber JahzehrfeJahrzehnte versclMiegenverschwiegen wordenworden waren,waren, DieDie BrennelementeBrennelemente Sindsind daherdaher inin einemeinem setusehr schlechtensChlechten Zufland.ZUstand, lhreIhre WiederaufarbeitungWrederaufarbeitung wldwird vermutlich vermutlich großegroBe MengenMengen sekundärensekundaren lvlltllsMalls erzeugen,erzeugen, diedie die die beabsichtigtebeabsichtigte särberungSauberung derder SRSSRS behindernbehindem d0dten,dOrften . UngefähUngefahr 4%4% derder THTR'BrennelErnEnteTHTR-Brennelemente sindsind zerbrochen,zerbrochen. mitvermudichmit vermutl ich äfinlichenahnlichen Konsequenzen,Konsequenzen . .• Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren öfliziellofflZiell erklän,erklArt. dass eses keine PlänePlane lütfOr denden ErponExpon der THTR.BrennelementeTHTR·S,ennelemente inin die die USA gäbe,gabe, sondern nur ltlrfOr die die desdes AVR. Ausgehend von derAnnahme,der Annahme, dass diedie deutsche deutsche seiteSeite nun doch diedie umweltuerträglichkeitsprufung umweltvertrli.glichkeitsprOfung des amerikänischenamerikanischen DOE toffOr die THTR-BrennelementelHTR·Brennelemente ofizielloffiziell unteßütrt,unterstOtzt, vermuten wir dass die deutschen ExpotlpläneExportplane flirfar den AVR-|\4011AVR-MUII nur der ersleerste SchdttSchritt eines ökologischokologisch hüchstMchst problemälischänproblematischen EtponsExports allen deutschen atommüllsAtommOlis in andere LfiderLander darstellt.darstel~, Es gibt bereiEbereits enbprechendeAn0eboreentsprechende Angebote dulchdurch Russland.Russland , DRAFfDRAFT ENVIRON'IIEIITALENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMEl{lASSESSMENT /I U|nw€ltv€|trägllchkohsttudletUmweltvertmgllc;hkelts$tudle: httb:/,/eheröv.'gov/sit€s/otod/files/2Or6/Ol/f28/Düft%zoDoE%2oEA%201977http://energy,'aoy/sjtes/prodlfllesI2Q16/011f2B/braft%20DQE%20EA%201977 FORFOR, öÄ2oPlrBLlC.ödf%20PUBLlC.pdf With my glgnatuFBsignature I support these cofimentscomments agalnstagainst th€the DEA concerningGoncer;lng the processing of German pebble btdbed NPP fuel Blementselements atät sRs.SRS. Nechname,Nachname, VotnameVorname Wohnort unterffhriftUnterschrift Name.Name, prename city ~ Signature 1, ;:;J:;6f3&. JavE§YI1 ,M(J;hbTeR ..6 £Y.JW( 2, I 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ElneEine7Räon Aktlon desOes Bundnlsseseündniss* " gegengegen Castor·ExporteCastor-ExPorte (Buegece),(Buegece), Zusammenschlusszussmmenschluss aus landes·landos- undund bundesweitenbundesweiten Anti·Atom·lnitlativenAnti-Atom-lnitlativen undund demdem BUNDBUND NRWNRW www,bund·www bvnd- nrw.denrw.de wwwww$/.westcastoidc .westcasto(.de . BilteBitte bisbis zumzum 01.03.201601.03.2016 anan den den BUNDBUND NRWNRW e.')!,e'V' senden:senden: Mero",ngerstraBeMerowingeßtraße 88,88, 40225 40225 DOsseldorf,Dosseldorf, Fax:Fax 0049 0049 211302005·26,211302005-26' V.i.S,d,P.:V.i.s,d.P.: Buegece,Buegece, c/oc./o ClaudiaClaudia Baitinger,Baitinger, TT 00490049 2369 2369 24296 24296 Claydja,BSljtinger'@bund,[email protected]! Standstand 14,02,1614.02,16 2 Bsup104 AVRPC-055 und Fort St.st. Vrain HTGR fürfOr den THTR; THTR; diese Anlagen werdenwerde n auch in den USAalsUSA als kommerziellekommer zieJle betrachtet. Die miserabmiserablele LeistungsbilanzL eistungsbilanz der deutschen deutschen Kugelhaulen-ReaktorenKugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerzjellekommerzielle IntentionenInt entionen dienen: SieS ie waren kommerzielle ReaktorenlReaktoren! .• EsEs besteht kein signifikantessignifi kantes Proliferations-Risiko fürrOr den AVR-l\4üll,AVR -MOJl , wie verschiedene verschiedene Gutachten (2.8.(z.B. auch von NNSANNSA,, 2013) darlegen. 1mlm Allgemeinen entMltenthält derderAVR-Müll AVR-MOII kein HEU.HEU . Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland wärenware n somit moglichmöglich. . .• Die BBrennelementerennelemente wurdenwurden hauptsachlhauptsächlich ich (zu 9696%)%) iin n DeutschDeutschlandland von der NUKEMNUKFM hergestellt,he rgestellt, ledlediglichiglich der HEUHEU-Anteil-Anteil (830 kg) stammt aus den USA.USA. .• Wie eine unabhaingigeunabh~ngige ExpenengruppeExpertengruppe 2014 darlegte,darleg te, gab eess verschiedeneverschiedene UnfaJleUnlälle im AVR, die Oberüber Jahrzehnte verschwiegen wordenwo rden waren. Die Brennelemente Brennelemente sjndsin d daher in einem sehr scschlechten hlechten ZustandZustand.. Ilhrehre WiederautarbeitungWiederaufarbeitung wirdwird vvermutlich ermutlich graBegroße Mengenl\4engen sekundasekundären ren MOilsMLills erzeugen, ddie ie die beabsbeabsichtigteichtigte SäuberungS3.uberung der SRS behbehindem indern domendürften. . ungefahrUngelahr 4olo4 % der THTR-BrennelementeTHTR-Erennelemente sind zerbrochen, mit vevermutlich rmutlich ähnlichenahn lichen KKonsequenzen. onsequenzen. •. Die deutdeutsche sche BundBundesregierung esregierung hat in den vergangenenve rgangenen Jahren offizioffiziell ell erkerklän, lart, dasdass s es keine PlanePläne fOrfür den EExportxport deder r TTHTR-Brennelemente HTR-Brennelemente in die UUSASAgabe,gäbe, sosondern ndern nur fOrfür die desdesAVR. AVR. Ausgehend vovon n der Annahme, dass die deutsche Seite nun doch die UmweltvertraglumweltvenräglichkeitsprüfungichkeitsprOfung des amerikanischen DOE fürfOr die THTR-Brennelemente THTR-Brennelemente offizielloffiz iell unterstutzt,unterstützt, vermuten wir dass die deutschen Exportpla.neExportpläne fOrfür den AVR-MüllAVR-MOII nur der eerste rste Schritt eines okoökologisch logisch hhöchstochs t problematischen Exports aallen llen deutsdeutschen chen AtommOliAtommüllss in andere LLänder ander darstedarstellt. llt. Es gibt bereitbereits s eentsprechende ntsprechende Angebote durch Russland. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT / UmweltvertragllchkeltsstudUmweltverträglichkeitsstudiet le: bttDiUenergy.goylsltesIDrod/fllesI2016/01http://enerov.oov/sites/orod/fi les/2O16/OUfIf28IDraft%20DOE%20EA%20197728/Dräft To2ODOEolo2OEAyo2Ol977 FOR %20PUBLICo/o2OPUBLlC.odf.Ddf With my signature I support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS.sRs. Nachname, Vornamevorname Wohnort Unterschrift Name, Drename prename citycitv signaturesignäture 1 grl"r,r-Xd ü t ELv,e- tu*';r;'t*,,t;,".r," , "a- 2. tJrAtt5(Le ? ' r.I "/-ut* l,,t;ll,lltirtks 24v4( /"rn t ft\r . 1,,/---\ 3. /.{-ordnre_Ä 8. 9. 110.0. .. EmeEine AktlonAktion des BundnlssesBündnisses gegen Castor-Exporte (Buegecel.(Buegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes-landes-und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-Anti-Ato m-ln Initiativenitiativen und dem BUND NRW www.bundwww.bund- nnrwrw. rlede WwwwWW.W westaastor.depstcnstor.de BitteBifte bis zum 01.03.201601.03,2016 aann den BUND NRW eVe.V senden: MelvlerowingerstraßerowingerstraGe 88,88,40225 40225 Dusseldorf,Düsseldorf, Fax: 0049211302005-26,0049 211 302005-26, V.iVi.5,d,P:.S.d.P.: Buegece.Buegece, c/o Claudia BailingerBaitinger, , Tr 004923692429600492369 24296 [email protected]@bund.net Stand 14.02.16 2 Bsup106 PC-055 MustereinwendungenMustereinwendungen -- SammeleinwendungenSammeleinwendungen To:To: Ms. Ms. TracyTracy Williams,Williams, NEPANEPA CoCompliance mpliance OfficerOfficer U,S.U.5. DepartmentDepartment ofof Energy, Energy, P.O.P.O.BoxB Box B AikenAiken,, SouthSouth CarolinaCarolina 229802.9 802. e-Mail:e-Mail: [email protected]@leidos,com CoCommentsmments onon ""DraftDraft E Envlronmentalnvironmental AssesAssessment sment fforo r tthehe AAcceptanceccept ance aandn d D Dispositionisposit ion ofof UUsedsed NNuclear uclear FuelFuel CContainlng ontaining UU.S.-Origin .S.-Origin HigHighly hly EnriEnriched ched UraUranium nium ffrom rom thethe FFederaledera l RepRepubllcublic ofof GGermany''ermany" (D(DEA) EA) dealindealing g wwith ith pprocessingrocessing of GermaGermänn pebbpebble le bedbed NPPNpp ffuel uel eelementslements aatt SSRSRS Dear Ms. Williams we are deeply concerned about the US/German plans to reprocess and store about 200,0002OO,OOO kg of commercial Germancerman pebble fuel elements from the nuclear powepower r plants AVR Juelich {15 MWelJMWel) andänd THTR-300 (300 Mwel)MWel) at SRS.sRS. Our reasons are: .• European Union and German tawslaws do not allow the export of nuclear waste, except for proliferation relevant waste from neutron generating research teactoß,reactors. The reasonable Beneralgeneral rule is that thethe waste has toto remain in thethe country ofo f itsIts origin. AVR ändan .d THTRTHTR äreare obviously no researchresearch reactors and are not listed as research reactors by the InternatronalInternational Atomic Energy Agency, but as nuclear power plants. There area re several legallegal expertizes, which underline thisthis position.position. For thatthat cermanGerman environmental organisationsorganisations as BUNDBUND (friends(f riends of thethe earth) and Greenpeace have announced anngunced legallegal actions inin casecase of a transport of the cermanGerman fuel toto SR5.SRS. .• ReprocessingReprocessing offuelelementsof fuel elements is prohibited by law in Germany for commercial fuel elements. ' is bylaw in Germanyfor commercialfuelelements. Both,Both, AVR and THTR were bothboth owned and operated by commercial utilitiesu tilities (and(and THTR still is)is) andand producedproduced electricityelectricity (4.4(4.4 bnbn kwh)kWh) toto thethe grid,grid. ForFor bothboth GermanGerman NppsNPPs sister plantsplants existedexisted inIn thethe tJS:US: PeachPeach BottomBottom HTGR HTGR forfor AVRAVR andand FonFort St.St. Vrain Vrai n HTGR HTGR forfor THTR,THTR, andand these these L,sUS plantsplants are are consideredconsidered asas commercialcommercial inin thethe US.US. The The veryvery poorpoor performanceperformance ofof thesethese GermanGerman pebblepebble bedbed NPPNPP may may notnot bebe takentaken as as ar8umentargument forfor nonnon existingexisting commercialcomme rcial intentions:intentions: TheyThey werewere commercialcommercial NPPs.NPPs. .• ThereThere is is nono significantsignificant proliferationproliferation riskrisk for for thethe AVRAVR waste, waste, as as severälseveral expertizesexpertizes (e.g.(e.g. from from thethe NNSANNSA 2013)2013) indicate. indicate. lnIn averageaverage thethe spentspent AVR AVR waste waste does does notnot containcontain HEU.HEU. AA conditioningconditioning andand finalstorage final storage inin GermanyGermany isis possible. possible .. .• TheThe fuel fuel elements elements werewere mainly mainly (96(96 %)fabricated %) fabricated jnin GermanyGermany atat Nukem,Nukem, USUS originorigi n isis only only thet he HEUHEU contentcontent (830 (830 kt). kg). .• AsAs an an independentindependent officialoffic!al experts experts groupgroup outlined outlined 2014, 2014, there there werewere severalseve ral severesevere accidentsaccidents inIn AVRAVR reactorreactor {which(which werewere hushed hushed upup for for decädes).decades). TheThe fuel fuel elements elements area re thus thus in in aa veryvery badbad shape.shape. TheirTheir reprocessingreprocessing willwill probablyprobably produce produce huge huge amounts amounts of of secondarysecondary waste,waste, which which willwill hinderhinder thethe intendedintended cleaningc leaning ofof thethe SRSSRS site.site. AboutAbout 4 4 %% ofof thethe THTRTHTRfual fue l elements elements areare brokenbroken withwith probablyprobablysimilar similar consequences. consequences. TheThe German Germangovernment government hashas officially officially announcedannounced herehere in in thethe pastpastyears years that that there there areare nono plansplans toto exportexportthe the waste waste from from THTRTHTR toto the the US,US,but but onlyonlyforthe for the AVR AVR and and that that they theywonder w?nderabout aboutan an ,,Draft"Draft 11 Bsup107 PC-055 EnvironmentarAssessment" (DEA) Environmental Assessment" (DEA) byby DOEDoE forfor THTRTHTR waste.waste. HavingHaving inin mind mind thatthat itit seems seems thatthat thethe Germanside has officially supported the German side has officially supported the DEADEA forfor THTR THTR wastewaste too,too, we we guess guess thatthat the the German German exportexpon plansforthe AVRwaste are onlythe plans for the AVR waste are only the firstfirst stepstep ofofan an ecologicallyecologically highlyhighly problematicproblematic exporteNport ofofali all GermanGerman nuclearnuclear wastewäste toto other other cocountries. untries. TRANSLATION:TRANSLATION: SehrSehr geehrtegeehrte FrauFtau Williams Willioms wirsindzutiefst wir sind zutiefst besorgtbesorgt iiberüber diedie omerikonisch-deutscllen omerikonisch-deutschen Planeplöne zurzur Lagerung Lagerung undund wiederoufdrbeitung Wiederaufarbeitung vonvon etwaetwa 200200 000ooo kgkg kommerziell kommerzielrgenutzter genutzter deutscherdeutscher KugelbrennelementeKugelbrenneremente ausqus denAtomknftwerken AVR Jürich (1s den Atomkraftwerken AVR ljjlich (15 MWMW eLl eL) undund THTR-3oo\HTR-300 (300(300 MWeL)Mw eL) inin Savannah savonnoh RiverRiver Site.site. DieDie GrundeGründe furfür unsere unserc Bedenken:Bedenken: Diedeutschen ~ Die deutschen GesetzeGesetze undund diedie derder EuropOischenEurcpöischen Unionunion erfaubenertouben denden ExportExport vonvon radioaktivenrodiadktiven AbfallenAbJ6llen nichtnicht, mitmitAusnohme Ausnahme vanvon prafiferationsgefahrlicheprclifentionsget'öhrtjche AbfallenAbfätten ausous NeutronenNeutranen erzeugendeneneugenden forschungsreaktoren.Forschungsreoktoten. AVRAVR undund THTR THTR sindsind aberober o/fenkundigoffenkundig keinekeine Forsthongsreoktoren Forschungsreoktoren undund sindsind ouchauch nichtnicht alals s solchesolche gelistetgetistet ue;bei derder IAEA,)AEA, sondernsondern eses sind slnd kommerziellekom m e rz ie I I e Atomkraftwerke. Atom krdftwe *e. > DieDie Aufarbeitung vonvon BrennefementenBrennelementen ausous kommerzielfenkommerzie en Reoktoren Redktoren istist nach noch deutschemdeutschem Rechtvefuoten. Recht verboten. SowohlSowohldet der AVR olsols auchouch derderTHTR THTR wurdenwurden betriebenbetrieben undund warenworen imim BesitzBesitz (der THTRauch jetzt noch)von (der THTR ouch Jetzt noch)von kommerziellenkommerziellen Betreibern;Betreibern; siesie produzierten Strom Stram furt'ür dosdos (4,4Mrd. offentficheöffenthche Netz (4AMrd. kWh).kwh). FOrFh berdebeide deutschendeutschen AnlagenAntagen existiert"enexistjetten SchwesteranlagenSchwesteranßgen inn den USA: den USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR furfür den AVR und FortFort St. St. Vrain HTGR fUrlür den THTR; diesedjese An/ogenAnlogen werdenwetden auchouch inin den USA USA alsols kommerziellekommetzielle betrachtet. Die miserablemiseroble LeistungsbilanzLeistungsbilonz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kannkonn nicht alsols Argument gegen deren kommerzieflekommerzielle Intentionenlntentionen dienen: SieSie warenworen kommerziellekammerzielle Reaktoren!Reoktoren! proliferotions-Rjsjko ). Esfs besteht kein signifikantessigniJikantes Prollferations-Risiko Jbfiir den AVR-Mütt,AVR~MiiII, wie veßthiedeneverschiedene 6utochtenGutachten (2.8.(z.B. ouchauch von NNSA, NNSA, 2013)2073) ddrlegen.darlegen. Im1m AllgemeinenAflgemeinen enthcittenthdlt der AVR-Mü| AVR-Mufl Kenkein HEU. Eine KonditionietungKonditionierung und EndlogerungEnd lagerung jnin DeutschtandDeutschland wätenwaren somit möglich.m6gfich. > Die Brennelemente wufdenwurden hauptsöchlichhauptsocfllich (zu 96%) tn (n DeutschtondDeutschland von der NIJKEMNUKEM heryestellt,hergestellt, lediglichledig/ich detder HEUHEU-AnteilAnteit (830 kg) stommt stammt ousaus den USA.uSA. > Wie eineeine unabhängigeunabhangige ExpeftengruppeExpertengruppe 20742014 darlegte,darlegte, gob gab es verschiedeneverschiedene UnläUnf6lle e inim Avl.t,AVR, diedie übetJohrzehnteuber lahrzehnte vetschwiegenverschwiegen wotdenworden waren.waren. DieDie Brennelemente Brennelemente sindsind dohetdaher in in einemelnem sehtsehr schlechtenschfechten Zustond-Zustand_ lhre Ihre WiederouforbeitungWiederaufarbeitung wjrdwird vermutlichvermutlich große grope MengenMengen sekundorcn sekundaren MüllsMiiIIs etzeugen, erzeugen, diedie diedie beobslchtigte beobsichtigte SäuberungSauberung derder SRS behindernbeh indern dürften.diirften. UngefijhrUngefdhr 4%4 % der cJer THTR-BrennelementeTHTR-Brennelemente sindsind zerbrochen, zerbrochen, mitmit vemutlichvermutlich dhnlichenahnfichen Konsequenzen.Konsequenzen. > DieDie deutsche deutsche BundesrcgierungBundesregierung hothat inin denden vergongenen vergangenen Jahrenlahren ollizjelto/fiziel/ etkldrt,erklart, doss eses Kene keine PlönePlOnefür fOr denden Export Export detTHTRder THTR-BrennelementeBtennelemente inin diedie USAUSA göbe,gdbe, sondernsondern nunur Jür far diedie des AVR.AVR. AusgehendAusgehend vonvon der derAnnohme, Annahme, dossdoss diedie deutsche deutsche SejteSeite nunnun doch doch die die UmweltverträglichkeitsprüfungUmweltvertriiglichkeitspriifung desdes omerikonischenamerikonischen DOEDOE füt fiir diedie THTR-BrcnnetementeTHTR-Brennelemente affiziettof{iziell unterstützt,unterstUtzt, vermutenvermuten whwir doss doss die die deutschen deutschen ExportptäneExpartpldne für fUr den den AVR_Müll AVR-Miillnur nur derder erste SchrittSchritteines eines ökologisch 6kologisch höchsthochst problemdtischen prabfematischen ExpotlsExports ollenallen deutschendeutschen AtommüllsAtommu/ls in in ondereandere LönderLanderdorstellt. darsceflr. Escs gibt gibe bereitsbereitsentsprechende entsprechende Angebote Angebate durchdur ch Russldnd. 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" jiLr,,.o/,1 -~ rc{rü.w0.,i,r. 4.1;J" ~-Ij t,V l!C\rjL(^,iLu.~~'1 .:De ~\A. 0 Lo! L,,4)---:- V 33.. .-llj \,/^ -fi f!1,4 - ) N. IA ~~,/,.,~ ftv,-~ 1/c.Ji/$.Ji.L Bsup110 PC-056 From: Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Updated Supplemental Comments LWVSC Also attached: UPDATED SUPPLEMENTAL COMMENTS ON DOE PROPOSAL TO IMPORT GERMAN SPENT FUEL TO SRS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA MARCH 22, 2016 The League of Women Voters of South Carolina opposes the proposal to send German spent fuel to SRS for the following reasons: NEW: The LWVSC can find no substantial reason for separating the German wastes. a. The recovered uranium will be waste. b. The waste suitable for a permanent repository may be less in volume, but there is no repository, and new waste streams will be generated. SRS will act as a repository for the foreseeable future, and SRS is not a suitable location for even a temporary repository. 056-1 c. The waste before separation retains non-proliferation characteristics, which may or may not be lost after separation. d. The very significant technical abilities of SRS staff have already been established, and do not need further demonstration. Therefore, the LWVSC asks DOE to explain the rationale for shipping the German wastes to the SRS. PREVIOUS COMMENTS: 1. There are national and international laws requiring countries to manage 056-2 their own nuclear wastes.1 2. There is a German law that disallows the export of spent fuel for the purpose of reprocessing.2 3. According to a recent NRC document entitled Nuclear Reactors3 research and test reactors by definition do not produce electricity. The US has 056-3 about 31 research and test reactors, for a variety of objectives. The German reactor was not included on German listings of German research reactors until it was proposed to move those wastes to SRS. The German reactor produced a net output of 34 MW electricity intermittently over its 20-year operating period, generating revenue of about 3 million DM.4 4. The US currently has 99 operating commercial reactors. We have about 50 more reactors - many experimental; some preliminarily licensed, and operated relatively briefly, if at all - including one similar to the German Bsup111 PC-056 reactor. Although the industry has learned from many of these reactors, we do not call them research reactors, and neither should Germany. 5. German willingness to pay the US to experiment with separations is not a 056-4 good reason for SRS to pursue this proposed project. There is no necessity for the product or new waste streams. The Germans should proceed with previous plans to entomb the spent fuel, as the US plans to do with our similar reactor wastes in Colorado. 6. Germany, the UK, France and Japan should be providing leadership in national and regional nuclear waste management planning and 056-5 implementation, per international law. There is no good reason for these leading countries to be in the process of secretly proposing to dump their wastes at SRS, and especially not with the assistance of the US DOE and NRC. 7. SRS technical staff has proven its ability to take care of a wide variety of 056-6 wastes, but SRS should not be expected to do this for the world. On the other hand, if SRS can assist overseas waste management efforts in their overseas methods, we would all be winners. 8. SRS wastes are very likely to remain at SRS for the foreseeable future. In addition, any wastes imported to SRS can be expected to also remain at SRS. 1http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/international-nuclear-waste-disposal- concepts.aspx 2http://www.bmub.bund.de/fileadmin/bmuimport/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/ueberpruefungskonferenz_4_faq_en_ bf.pdf - 3http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1525/ML15254A456.pdf, page 17, undated but apparently published in 2015 4http://www.srswatch.org/uploads/2/7/5/8/27584045/legal-opinion_export-avr- juelich_rw%C3%84nderungen_manu_bund_freinds_of_the_earth_germany_september_2014.pdf page iv Contact info: Suzanne Rhodes, LWVSC Nuclear Waste Project Manager March 4, 2016, updated March 22, 2016 Bsup112 PC-057 From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Public Comment on German Spent Nuclear Fuel Find attached my public comment on the Environmental Assessment. Thank you, Charles R. “Chuck” Goergen Nu-Clear Vision Consulting, LLC Bsup113 PC-057 057-1 057-1 Bsup114 PC-057 "equipment that protects nuclear critlcality safety and the environment. SRS has the knOWledgeable and experienced people to accomplish this mission who have demonstrated performance by already safely blending down nearly 20MT of HEU to LEU_ I have resided in Aiken since 1975. I have ~l degree in chemistry with 40 years of expe(ience in the nuclear mate(ials processing field "worked at Savannah River Site for 36 years before retiring in 2011 . I am president of Nu-Clear Vision Consulting, LLC. Charles R. Goergen Bsup115 PC-058 From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 12:35 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Nevada Comments on EA-1977 German Spheres Please find attached comments from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection on EA-1977. Thank you, Greg Lovato Bsup116 PC-058 058-1 058-2 058-3 Bsup117 PC-058 058-3 058-4 Bsup118 PC-059 From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 7:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Comment of Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (MP) on Draft EA for the Acceptance and Disposition of spent nuclear fuel from the Federal Republic of Germany Dear Tracy Williams, please find attached the comment of Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (Member of German Parliament) on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the „Acceptance and Disposition of spent nuclear fuel containing U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium from the Federal Republic of Germany“. Kind regards, Sina Lippmann Sina Lippmann wiss. Mitarbeiterin Sylvia Kotting-Uhl MdB Atompolitische Sprecherin Bundestagsfraktion BÜNDNIS 90/ DIE GRÜNEN Platz der Republik 1 11011 Berlin Tel 030 - 227 747 41 Fax 030 - 227 767 42 [email protected] www.kotting-uhl.de Bsup119 PC-059 059-1 Bsup120 PC-059 059-1 Bsup121 PC-059 059-1 Bsup122 PC-060 From: Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Comment of Clements on draft EA on German spent fuel, March 24 To: Tracy Williams, NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box B, Aiken, South Carolina 29802. [email protected]. Re: Additional Comments Submitted by Tom Clements, SRS Watch, for the Record of the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Acceptance and Disposition of Spent Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium From the Federal Republic of Germany (DOE/EA-1977) Attached you will find my additional comments. Thank you for confirming receipt of this email and the attached document. Thank You. Tom Clements SRS Watch Columbia, SC tel. 803-834-3084 Bsup123 PC-060 SRS&"WATCH March 1l, :rot S To: Trocy W illillm,. NEPA Compl;'n« Officer. U.S. Department of Enern. P.O. !Io. 8, Aiken_ Soulh earolina 29M2. Ckrmgn5Dcn tlWfi<:arf llC'iEAI"/rido'.wm. Re : Add rtioMI Comme nt, Submitted by Tom O.,.," nl>, SRS Wat ch, for t he Record of 1M Draft f nw'OfImmlol A.. ",.men t for Ihe lkt:"I'tonc< and Vi.".,.iti"" of ~"I NlKleo, f_' Containing U,S. -Origin Highly fnTkhN Umni.m from th. ~d.,01 Republic of Germony looE/ EA-1917) These comment. ~ r. prim ~ ";"" o n a key dCK urroenl in t he referen« ..cho n of th. d raft EA but Ih"V a re ~in l ",bmitted a. comme nt on t he d,. ft fA .. well. Thu>, it,,,,, ma rked ' (omment" below Of" on ."",iIk ",Ue> rai,ed in th. docune nl named b. 1ow ""d . r. officillllV >Ybmitted in 060- 1 th. i, tolalrty M on Itdd rtion.1 comment into the ,ecord_ Th. majority of t he ' commen" " below . r. ,.Ioted to t his Sava nn.h Rive, Nat ional t..bontory 15RNU document: f • •,.ibilit y and A1temoti-..e. lor Re~jpt, S!<>fage, and I'roce.';ng of HTGR I'ebbk Fuel af SRS, Octobe, 2014, SRN l-TR-20l4-OO184, Revision 0_ I wont to hirhlirht thot t he SltN l docume nt Sco/e--Up MofuratiOfl I'hln fo, Dige,tion of G,aphjl:e fuel !'ebb/e. (SRNl-RP -201 4-004&1, Revtoion 0) 5I. te, "The ",oce.. in , met hod Du e to ma ny thinp left out of t he droit EA, we he",by ' eque,l thol on a mended d,aft EA be i"ued Ihot " mo,e comp",henoive tha n the docume nl t ha t ha, been p",... n ted 10 Ihe public H Ihi' con'l be done, why not? The", i, no «heOule p,.. ,u,e in Ihe US to o""id 0 mo,e tho.-ourh a no..,."_ The only « hedule p,.. ,u,e i, in GefT'lony, for a deci>ion on wha t will happen to the AVR , pent fu el, but the Gennon ..medule mu,: not impa<:t US dec "ion, ond t he public', invofveme nl in them_ In Ihe eyent Ihe project move, fOfWa,d a nd a ne w d",1t EA i, not i, ...e d Ihe n a fu ll EIS i, coiled f", I ",en Ihe comple>ciIT of the i>sue al hond ond Ihe hoot of pote nt iol e nvironme ntal impact, ""ociated wrth t he i l~ jefi ne d ond comple. project , BSup124 PC-060 Aft ... rudin, 0 numb ... of reference d ocumenl' on w ~ idl l h e droft EA i, ba, ed, ~ i, a bundonl ly d ear th. llhe pro, r. m 10 receive, proce" ond dump the , rophile spent luel from Ihe AVR ond THTR re. <:Iors " rte with pote nl" l ho",rd" ond lechnic:ol, >< ~ d u~n L po l ~ ico l ond loodin' 060-3 proble m,_ Th" hiehly , pe cu ~ ti "" re",. rch project should nol , o forw. rd . While a n . me nded dr. ft EA or EIS " coiled fo r rt R&D pro ceed" we , upport Ihe "no &C bon" . ke rnati"" - 10 Ie."" Ihe w.,le io Ge rmony_ Thi' doe, not preclude DOE helpin, Germon et>tilies in Iheir mo n a ~ e m e nt ollhe m. lerial in Ge rmany_ Wrnme nh: h:lrocted portion, 01 the menlioned doc ume nl a.-. po"'ed, lolk>wed by 0 specrtic commet>t "Th" project h., d ~loped da ta 10 , upport N. lionol En. ironme nlal Policy Act (NE PAI . cti";lies 10 expe d ~ e Ihe Iran>pOrt of the fuel lor receipt a nd 'toro~e .1 SRS: ( ",, ~ e y) Commet>l: No ur,e nq on DOE', part has bee n e 5la bli , ~ d 10 e. pedrte . ny .,pect 01 Ihe project in question, indudin, 5pet>1 fuell ra n, port 10 SRS. DOE mu51 d a rify rt Ihe For> "Receipl . nd proce" inl 01 Ihe l uel will pro vide fo r return 01 Ihe HEU m.terial to Ihe U n~ e d Sioles, increo", Ihe 510bility of the ma te N I by coo""" ion 01 Ihe con, l rt uet>15 10 more robu'l w.,le lorm" . nd pote nti. 11y ollow down blendin, 01 Ihe ura nium for re u", in commerOilI IJ3O--.I a pplic:ol io n,: ( pa ~ e vi Commet>l: Thi' ",nle nce indicoles Ihal port 01 the rea, on for im port of Ihe moler ..1 "lor w"l e - m a n o~m e n l purp "The ca,k I., down, a nd impa<:l limile" will be refr",,,ed, and Ihe cask will be lilted horim nlolly, upended 10 Ihe ve rticol po, ~ ion, a nd I r. n ' ~rred 10 . , r.. e l 'I or o ~ e pad: ( p . ~e vi Commenl: No delen", i, pre",nled in Ihe dr. ft EA a, to why . ",rovel 51ora,re pad" " adequa te _ II lelt in Ge rmany, the _ nl fuel <45k5 would be ,Iored in . cO'le red, , ei""ically q ualified iocility, eil h ... 0 ne w lac ilrty at Juelic h or the e m tin, Aha u, focility_Thi' , tandord ,,"ould opply in t he US ., well _ II a , rovel pod implies short-te rm 't o ro~e, the project h., 50 mo ny un kfl<>W n, alte r the 'pent l uel i, propo",d to be im ported Ihot 'toro~e could end up , BSup125 PC-060 bei"r for t he lonll.rm in the ..,.,01 Of pfO~ t f.il"," or termina tion_ Th u>, ' , ra. el 'ton~ [ pad mu,t be , liminoted fr om (o"sid ....l ion and pl.n, p""ented lor • rob",;! ,toniC buildinl_ (ConI-.) "The form of the mote, ,,,) ("'ttrad""'n. " l ..,.,1 ~ ) ,e quir., on"" . P,o~rty PfOl ~bo " Area for ...cumy " (pa,re _I Comme nt- Thi' Itdmi"ioo that t he materilll "on"" Attr.ct"",~, l ove! f (onfi rm t hat the project i, not bein, done lor nud• • , non - proli~ ,.. t ion purpo"'. '" indicated in t he A"ill>! 2013 NNSA memo o n t his matte< (whid. SRS Watch , ubmitte d for t he ,e oord on Fe b"," ", 4, 2016). Th. quostion must be add,. " ... in t he EA .. 10 w hy t he project i, bei". p"f5u.d rt t he • ... n.Iy>e' 01 pol e nl iol h"'Ofd, . nd m o l eri o ~o l- ri>l: will be performed 10 deve lop ""leIy ba,i, modifi col ion, required for c. >I< ,Iora&e." (po&e vi Comme nl· Where i, Ihe detail hO.lard, ond moleriol -at- Comme nl: Wh. t h. ppen, il Ih" proce,>in, r. te c. n't be met. il rt interfer... wil h olher fl Co n ~ on lKI""'ie, or fl -Canyon " >hut down? Whol would h. ppen to moteNI th. t wos within Ihe fl-t:onyon proce,>irlJi , ystem upon >huI- There" m."lion of · 011 ' "' flow role, a nd compo' ition,." (pa&e viii Comme nl: WMt ore the How r. t .... compo,rtion 01 011 ..", . nd proposol, 10 ""plu.. Ihe , 0"" (oll-,o>lreat m."l) to a ltOid di5O ho ..e d irectly into Ihe envirooment (.nd per ~ P'" ""ulol ion,l' .... t«hnoJocy moluroti oo pion ho> been developed to &ddre» Ihe rish inherenl in proce» 500'" up 10 fu ll ",mote op..-otion,. Comp'-'tion of Ihe pion, which inc lude, pilol plonl con>lruction a nd operotion. con be ""h...... d within five ~ e o". Process ,tort up con Ihe n be oc ""'.e d olter on Itdd rtionol five ~eor> ." (pa,re viii Comme nl: The · Iechnolon' mol urotion pion· mu,t be provided lor publ", r.... iew before ",uon" of .n ~ fi nal EA ..... ·completion· of Ihe pion could toke l ive yea" .nd ·proce » >lort up· coold to ke a nolher fi"" ~ . o ". t h" mean, I." ye' " will ~» before imp "'m."l ol ion of Iho,e two thiop .... mo", detoiled ,doedule mu,t be pre",nted. wrth . 11 ne<:e»o", ,I.", 10 cor", o ul t he", ,,,,,I>. lik... i",. how thi' 5Ohe du'" frt, with H-Canyon ,,=ol ion of oper. tion mu,t be deorty pre>ented , BSup126 PC-060 · Preli mino'Y cost e, l imat .. fo r both Tot.1 Proje<:t Co51 a nd We Cycle Co, t wore prepare d fo r =, e a<: h opb oo. '" , hown in Tobie ES-2 .- ( "" ~ . va ) [ Comme nt: As t he co>!, """,. developed by . DOE contn ctor in order to ut ili, . foc ilibuth.t DO E w ,lI own, Ih"Y mu>! b< ,e! • • ~ for publK r . ....w · Complriion of the Safety s .." Modifi cation p . da ~ . , to identity prIX." ha z. rd" required . nl i " ~ , . d (o nlrol, . a nd ( rrtic.lity , afety limit' lor r.coipt, >tora, e, hondlin" and p,,><.,,;n,: (pa, e l S) Comment- The Sa~ Ba,is MoMi "Deve lopment of a n Mc&A pion, a nd ide nl ifico bon of "'Iuipm, nl to b< provided to satidy n""lo .. ma tenol K counla bilrty 'oquir..... ent, I"" fu el proc"sin,: (pa, e I S) Comme nt: A ded . ,>ifi. d Mc&A plAn mu,l b< m..de ""ililabl. fo r publi< ~w botor• • fina l EA ca n be ; "Due to rerulotOCj commit me nt" re« ipl 01 luel lrom Ihe Jiihch I""ilily mu,1 be comp!e1ed by Seplember 1{)16. Fue l p Comme nl: What a re the re l ulotory co mmitment. in Ihe US that dri\le a ny 5< he dule. much len comp!e1ion of , pent fu el rece ipl by Seple mber 201 6 (a n im""" ibilily)? Whal i, Ihe new dote lor ,pent l ue l re<:eipt> Sial in.c Ihat "/,,,,1 proce< "Project Obje ctive' " ofthe _ nl luel import a nd proee, 000-9 Comme nl: Why" nol one object""e to help Ge rma ny deal wrth t he , pent luel in que, tion in [ Ge rmony' The NNS .... ' Au,u>! 2013 a ffi rm, Ihot he lp con be provided for dea lin.c wrth t h" materia l. Such hel p can be in Germa ny ond not a t SRS. "fuel Ulni, te" co nlainin, ""bble, a re """lded, ond will re quire cutiin.c to open." (pa", 11) Comme nl· Handlin, 01 Ihe CASTOR ca,l<>, openin, 01 Ihem and re mova l 01 t he _nt 1",,1 000- 10 ""bble, i, a compie>c operatio n Ihot mu,1 be more lulfy e. ploined. Removol 01 t he p e bble< a nd Ihe dd ermination 10 "oIal e Iho", that contain o nfy lfU. lor .-durn 10 ~m a n y . mu,1 be e. ploined. ~ DOE propo"" 10 procen ""bble, only conl a inin,lEU, then 0 lui d"""nion mu,1 be include a, 10 why im port 01 lfU _ nt l ue l " bein, con, id.,ed a nd what i, Ihe jurul ication • BSup127 PC-060 _ " [ for t hi>. G"",n t h.t , orne bo.'" Of" in pOOf condrtion, whot Of" pole nl iol un ;q ue import> on (Con.) "peninl can" , uch "" ,aphrte ""1"'",,1 or ,"" e. , od wo, k" . ,,,,,,ur.> · ~ .m.1 proc. ,,;n& '" Ii ClInyon will occur . lte, completion of . :1 other p,_ommalK: mission,. i pa~ . l1 ) Comme nt- Wha t i, t h. p~ nnillJl !>Mi, for H-COnyon t omp"";", ol h ... m;,5ion,> Who Ms m..de t hi' determinobon? Wh.t " the , el> · P . bb~ di, ••l ion in H C3nyon Comme nt- Whot i, t h • • ' > -"II "'0"'.5 , e ne rated will ha Y< • ""l ined di>pO,rtion pot h: (p"Ile 17) Comm. nl- The "f o<:ilily process de";", wjff require a minimum TRl of 6, r Comm. nl- E.ploin how the ne<:essory "TechnolocY Readiness lo.e r con be o<: hie.ed a nd e. plo'n who' h,ppen, ~ ~ ',no'. E. plo'n why ' pcn' fuel would be 'mported belore . he nec=ry n R i, ""hie.ed, bc-/ere pilol lacjfrt'e, .... b ui ~ and btfere pilot fo<: jf rt .... Of. demon,;lroted 10 o""rol. a, plonned a nd de,;',ned = E. plo'n how DOE rerul. l ion, in DO E G 413.3-4, T""ltno!ojw R~i""'< As= sm ~n t Guld<, will be (Cootl met a nd how TRl5 a bove TRl 6 will be metond wha t "Ihe ,ch.dule lorfoc ilities a bove TRl 6 "1 4C .. a f«> produced fr om adivotion of Ihe eleme ntol carbon presenl in the luel ""bble: (paee 21 ) Comm. nl: flow will carbon-14 be re moved from Ihe . e nol disci,." . stream a nd .. t h .. """ ible ' 0 os 10 comply wrth EPA ",ulotio,,", a nd elh., ",ulotion,? Totble '>-1 flGTR f uel {h.. ade, j",l ion re.e. l, ",hal DOE "'I" 10 be Ihe U-135 plu, U-133 06Q.- Xl conle nl Icvef, curre ntly in Ih. , ,,,phrte . ""nl luel ""bbles .. Th. a Yer...., U-135 plu, U-133 (ConI) [ uron ,um content ler . lll h. AVR BSup128 PC-060 Comment- n wo> ,tated by a FlJ oft",;. 1dunn , on FZllouf by SRS Watd. d irector Tom ~m.nt > th.t irr..dialed LEU b.lI. a nd ball. 01 hi,he, ura nium ront.,,1 Of" mi . ... in th. c;,,"'. How will DOE sort the LEU ma t.riol lrom th. HEU ma te nol? How w il ilh. lfU ball , b< pa (ka ~ . d for ,eturn to Germ. nf and why ;",,'\ the ,ortin, ... tlo take P~ ( ' in Germanv? Why . ", ca,k> w~ h bcoll, tha t a re under the HEU e nrichment ....1 of 2~ ..,.,n be;". con,ide r. d for shipment 10 SRS? As mlKh 01 the ,!",nt /uel ball, or. for below the HEU level a nd .. they or. conta mina ted w~h U-133, U-132 a nd other "oto ~ '. th • • ltrodiv, n." of th. mateNI i, . t the low .., level, level E. Giv." t his . od th.t th. NNA ha, .ffirmed th.t !hi, ,.0>1. "",os flO proJifc",hon ri,k rt rt ,emain , in Germ.nf, ~ ,emain, und • • r why thi' pro¢ct i, loin, forward .. rt j, not b" n, done a, a fIO n-p,oIilera hon pro,fOm. EM la nd ""I NNSA) has prtched thi' j,. "00• ., non p r oli ler~ho n pro&",m but rt re. lrt y it', • w.,te m . n a ~ em en t prO& r. m Ith.t will .dd to the nlKlea r waste burden in the US) ond m. y we ll ha ye the un,tated 10015 of u, inl the knowted", r ained to p<<> "Treat ment 01 off I"' - In oddition to ...... tile r~ d ionu c hde, l;,otope, of krypton, iod ine, tritium, ~ n d carbont the off I "' will contain 'i,nrt". nt qu. nt rt"" 01 cesium ~ n d "'rontium, ~ , _ II '" ur.niu m ond entrained ",It. The off-l a, 'yste m mu,t prl»'ide c.pture 01 t he, e m.teri.h, ., well ~ , coolinl 01 the ,tream prior to di,chor,e to t he , tad : l pa~ e 24 ) Comme nt: The 1e~. 1 ond re,ulatory requirements for off-,., capture mu" be e xploined in detail . !;ow the , a,ses will be captured ""d ,tored . nd lor whot period 01 time 110. r~ d io ..ctive decoY I mu,t be di5Cu,5ed in det. il. How requireme n" 01 -W U K Pa rt 191 wi ll be met mu,t be ,~ , - e xplain ed in det.il. As is noted in number 16 o n pale 27, the off-l a, capt ure problem m. y drive the deci, ion to process the ma teriol or not, thu, unde""orinl the necessity 01 .n in-depth dt5cuuion 01 techn<>k>cie5 ond method, to be u,ed to copt u", . nd i 50lat ~ or poc k.~e the I "', indudinrC-14 Comme nt: Concernin, the list 01 nu mbered item, on p a~e 17, mony 01 them need add ~ ionol e. plan. tion, e_ ·opt"", 1. Di5pO,i\ioo of All Con5lit u. nt, ... Hi'" le",,1 Wo". System IF ilure S-t;) Thi' op tion tromle" t he CASTO~ eo,k lrom "Of' ~ ' to H Conyon, wh. ", the inn., eon, . re removed ond t r~ n,ler"'" to on u n"",di". 5lation: l pa~ e 28) =(CooL'"I Comm. nt: Pie .... e xplain how the irrod illted bol h will be reml»'ed t they ~ re in a deteriofil ted ,t.te. ~,OO f know wh"h cosh "The permit a uthorilin, 'toro~e ot the Jiilich locility e' pire, in Sept.mb<"r 2016. 8 ....d on the 060- 13 nu mb<"r 01 c. sh ondl h. projected shippin, 5C hedule, , hipmen" mu,t t>o~ in by June lOIS to [ complet. the ,rte d. tnventory by the ""ulatory deodl,ne." lpa,r. 33) BSup129 PC-060 Comme nl- As Ihe projected ,hippi". ", hed u ~ hM be.n bodly mi" . d ""d will be further d.l. yed, p~ a ... exploin how Ih. proj.ct con 10 forwa rd rt Iher. i, ur,.nt n.ed in G. rmany 10 ma ke • near-tCfm d.ci, ion on wha t hoppen, 10 t he AVR 'Penl luel now 01 FlJ_ As Iher. " no ind",alion Iha' the project wi li lo lorwa rd or Iha' ",101 l oci l ~ '" will ~Cf be con,lruct. d, Iher. need, to be mud> more detailed ",h. dul... l h.n Iho.. p",.. nt . d in the draft EA_ Tho "f nvironme nlol permittinr w .. raled Ih. m<><1 importonl cr~ . no n bc<:. u.. ""ulolory del. y could jeopo Comme nl: h ploin why the «hedul. in Germa ny ., t he "mo,1 important cm. non" fo r US permittonl _ There " no exploined "need" 10 rec. ive Ihi' ma teNI by 0 « hcdule ...ta bli ....d in G. rmony. ~ the Germa n ",hedul. e hminat ... the US-..po rt oplion '" be rt OW ..l e m a n a ~ . ment w .. a l,o 0 , q:nifi conl cr~erio n becou,"" 01 Ihe ronle 01 form, ond q ua ntitie< of 10" '" produced by the • .,iou, option" ""d Ihe ",lob"" impocti 10 t he W.. l e Mon"".m. nt I""ilil ie<_ In , ..". rol, option, producinl lower volum ... 01 liquid wa, le, ,mailer incremenlal nu mbe" of Hl W coni.ten, ond . 5Ia bli"'ed w • .t. form, with accepled path,lo d"po'~io n were ra ted more la""robly: ipare 341 Comme nl- Why con 't Ihe", t h'n" be done in Germa ny ff they a re so im portant '" m . n . ~ . m . nt of Ih. ' penl luel '" q ue" ion ? The US ond Ge rma ny ore bolh "The CASTOR c.,h ore a uthori,.d lor both Ira nsportolion ""d ,lon &<, a nd ha. e be.." in .ndoor 'Iora ~ . ... Comme nt: How w"' rt dete rmined Ihat the SRS ca<\:; 'Ior a ~e I ~_) [ CorKern'n, the option, I",,,d in "S.3 Ron, . 01 Po" ibl. Proc... , Option, " ipare 241 , BSup130 PC-060 Comme nl: n .. ma in, unde. , why t h. I ra ph~ . b.lI, need to ~ proce, ,,,d by SRS a nd th" demond, lull e. pion. tion a nd jY5I~", . t i on_ ~ t h . b.lI, d o n..,d to be proce, ,,,d fO f any "" rtimat. wa, t. m.n...... , . nl Of , .I.tv purpo, e why t hi' con'l to k. pl. , e in Germa ny n• • d, (ConI.) • • plon. tion. ~ the _ , " to reduce the HlW volume brin,inl t he mat.,ilI l he r. &< t ua lly - ifK ... = the HlW burde n in the US a nd ,. ",11, in ot h. , WMt. , I,. om. t hat would h. ve to be ma n. l ed in the US. Plu ", pr" ef1 t • d. ~n ' . 01 i""' . 5inl l h. US nyc" . , "'0>1. bYrde n iltl>< AVR and THTR 5 ~ n l fuel ", imported . "Additional work i5 re (Croll Comme nl: Drl.il, need 10 be l iven a bout pote nl iol ",. odioo kinetic>" a nd how t hi' micht - impa<:t th. project. Wha t type 01 , uch ... ction, h.ve been ob",,,,,,d dUfillJl f e "The security obje<:ti. e lor fuel processinl is to "",intain the SNM at A.ttradiveness l evel 0 . l pal e 45 ) Comme nt- PIe",e e. ploin wily rt is be ne/ida l to process t he Ira phrte spent fu el, at Attrod i""ness le.el E, ond ta ke rt to Att",d i""ness t.e.el D_ l ea,,;nl it at level E, of lower concern, would seem to be 0 pre/e rred efld 100 1. While waste stru ms . ", s ~ id to e nd up at level E, whot a bout ... paroted produru t hot or~ of hiche r se curity concern? These t hinls, O""'flJi othe", wi ll need to be conside red in 0 Sairly-in-Qes i& n a pproad.: "Reodion kinetic>, ma te N I bolan<:es, a nd e nerev bo l ~ fK e s not l ulfy defined" a nd "Pot ef1t illl lor additio nal or e. ocerbated occide nt scenorios_" A.nd, the ... pot e nti ~ 1 h a z ~ r d s" are possible Uncont rolled e. othe rmic readion" a nd "fxp losives/Pyrop/>orics" s~ uo t ions . l pa l e 47) ~, (ConI.) Comme nt: As Irttle is u nde rstood obout t he processes in"""'ed ond pote nt illl h",ords ond da nl e" lurl<. t he ... t hin" need more a nolysis n ow so as t he pubic knows t he exte nt of fish invofve d . Pote ntia l t hermal e xcursion huords ore 01 concern and must be fu lly e. pla ine d . Wha t is the role of t he o. idation process in liquid n ~ r " e s Of ot he r chemicals in ony pote ntia l t hermol e xc ursio ns? A "mojor l oor is to minimize hi,h Ie.el w",' e lHlw t low 1e",,1 wa ne lllW) or trons",on ic (TRU) waste st re oms a" oc illted wrt h t he , raph rto _ nt 1",,1 proc""siflJi. l pal e 48 ) Commont- E.plain how such minimi ..t ion is not best Mcomplished by leaYi n, the _ nt fuel in Ge rmony. As a ll odditional w. ste strea ms will a dd to the SFtS a nd US w ..t e burdens, t he wo" e strea ms ore not minimized_ "The ~ id Wast. Syst"", ria" will require modifi cotion to incorporate t he w.ste "reoms resultin, l rom t he processi n, of HTGR used fuel." l pal e 49 ) • BSup131 PC-060 Comme nl· h ploin how an updated liquid Was'~ S",,'~m Plan for SRS "No nu wa"'. streams arc a nt ic ipated 10 be rener.led h om proce" in, HTGR "sed fu. l; however, il any ore , . neroted .nd t hey arc consid ered d.len« ",Ioted w ..l e Ihe n Ihey . 1, 0 would be processed Ihrou,h the SRS ""id radiCNI cti.. WMt. ma n_menl I.cili" .. fOf fiM I d"po.. 1at WIPP : lpare 49) Comme nl: E. ploin how any w. , t. slreams o r product/rom t h. ,fOphite _ nlfu. l, from u perime nlal commerci. 1 reactor, in ~ rm l n y , could be determined 10 be US "delen ... wa,le." Under what 10"" and r ..u lohons Gl n fO "'im commerc ill l Hl W be recl."ified os US dof.n« w ..l e? How can , uch fo"'''n waste be di_sed of in • US dofe n.. w ..l e d""o.. 1 lac ilrty, e_ cillily il a ","nd -alone lacility " com l",cted Of utilized for DOE d.l.n", wast.> "f or H Ca nyon . k.ma tives, I.cility 'tartup " .., ,,,,,ed t o comme nce alter H Canyon prorrammatic mi, sions or. complet.: lpore S2) Comme nl: Wh. n isH-Canyon .., um. d to ha .. completed olher pro,rommatic mOssion,> Why " FY2024 presenled a, t he start-up da te in "F"ure 14-1 Project s< h. dule lor Proc." Implemenlation?" What ha ppen< il H-Lonyon is used FOf a Ion,er period 01 tim. or if H-Lonyon " permanenl ly clo, ed pOor to FY 2024> If H-Canyon " n ol ltVa ilabie what ha ppens 10 t he project a nd a ny _ nl luel brou, hl lrom Germa ny to SRS> Will pions be in pl""e to store or return open. d a nd uno pened CASTORS c ..b illhe project Id e" and/or lai h ? DOE doc ument "s<.I. -Up M. t ur.tion PI.n for Die;. Comme nl: !le«:ribe whic h "ot her m" ""n<" are bein, consider. d lor the proc"", int.nded 10 be developed . Do such mission invofve Iore ..n and/or dom. stic ,ra phrte lue h or yet-I<>-be fa brkated fuel? The draft EA ha, dod,ed this ",ue d ..p ~ e earlier comments a,kin, if f ort st. Vrain lwhere Fu. 1 Slora, e Canisle" or. slored, wrt h . M h hofdin, up 10 , i. , fOphi te fu. 1 elem. nts) or Peach 801l0m spenl luel WM bein, considered lor proc.. sin, . 'n the doc ument · s<.I. -Up Mot ur.tion PI.n for Di&e BSup132 PC-060 near te rm I ..u d.. < ri~ .bov. ~ r. l i ~ . 1y to p,,,,,ide much of the dat. n..,d, d to , "._ mot u",ho" of t h. t e<:hnol<>&V-" t pa ~ . 20) -(Cont)" Comme nt: Descril>< ~ on ;". diM..t ~bb" Of ~bble>. r< part olth. R&D project a nd how [ Ih"V will II< , ecured at III a nd tr. n, ported . nd wh",h ",ulobo n, op","" to ,mport of ,.udi.ted pebbl. , into th. us Th. SRN l docume nt "PflEUMINARY SCOPING-lEVEL H"-lARD ANALYSIS FOR THE PROCESSING O F HGIIl PEBBLE fUEL AT 5115" is-otA-H-uocl26) me ntion, t~ , . "!I_zord, ": "EX PLOSIONS Th. prelimina ry haz.rd . nal)'>i' of proe • ."illJl of HTGR Pebble f uel in K-<:anyon did ide ntify • potenti. 1for a n ufKont,oIl.d d1.miull r• ..ctioo thot (ould ,. , uk '" a ra pid ov "RADKllOG ICAl Th. HTGR P. bb," f u. 1 anafo,z ed in thi' fl A p..,. nts a radiolOCi Comm. nt: Explain the", r15 ks in d.. ai l, the impoct of th. m if thef a .. r.. l ized a nd how t l> f inal Qbgrat"'n- P,"a", ""!>iain rt DOE i, "ne, otiat in(, with the f lJ and/or Germa n Gov. rnm. nt to import onlf the AVR ' IH' nt luel or rt there a .. ne",tlotion , obout import in, the THTR ' IH'nt fu el,,, im pli Com ments wbmitted bf : Tom Ciem.,,15 Director, Sava nnoh River Site Wot d> 1112 f lo ..n ee st.... ColumbOa, South Corolina 29201 httpJ/www.mwatch.orcl https:Hwww.lacebook.com/Sava nn ahRi ...rS rte Watch te l. SO]-834-]084 ",watch IIDi m§il. BSup133 PC-061 preBsup134 11:) ;t. 1~ ( Sammeleinwendungen - " Keine Castor-Exporte in die USA ~ . ~ To: Ms. TracyWiniams, NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box B Aiken, South Carolina 29802. e·Mail: [email protected] Comments on "Draft Environmental Assessment for the Acceptance and Disposition of Used Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium from the Federal Republic of Gennany" (DEAl dealing with processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Final date for comments: 11.03.2016 Dear Ms. Williams We are deeply concerned about the US/German plans to reprocess and store about 200,000 kg of commercial German pebble fuel elements from the nuclear power plants AVR Juelich (15 MWel) and THTR-300 (300 MWel) at SRS. The reasons for our comments are: European Union and German laws do not allow the export of nuclear waste, except for proliferation relevant waste from neutron generating research reactors. The reasonable general rule is that the waste has to remain in the country of its origin. AVR and THTR are obviously no research reactors and are not listed as research reactors by the International Atomic Energy Agency, but as nuclear power plants. There are several legal expertizes, which underline this position. For that German environmental organisations as BUND (friends of the earth) and Greenpeace have announced legal actions in case of a transport of the German fuel to SRS. Reprocessing of fuel elements is prohibited by law in Germany for commercial fuel elements. Both, AVR and THTR were both owned and operated by commercial u1i1ities (and THTR still is) and produced electricity (4.4 bn kWh) to the grid. For both German NPPs sister plants existed in the US: Peach Bottom HTGR for AVR and Fort St. Vrain HTGR for THTR, and these US plants are considered as commercial in the US. The very poor performance of these German pebble bed NPP may not be taken as argument for non existing commercial intentions: They were commercial NPPs. There is no significant proliferation risk for the AVR waste, as several expertizes (e.g. from the NNSA 2013) indicate. In average the spent AVR waste does not contain HEU. A conditioning and final storage in Germany is possible. The fuel elements were mainly (96 %) fabricated in Germany at Nukem, US origin is only the HEU content (830 kg). As an independent official experts group outlined 2014, there were several severe accidents in AVR reactor (which were hushed up for decades). The fuel elements are thus in a 'Iery bad shape. Their reprocessing will probably produce huge amounts of secondary waste, which will hinder the intended cleaning of the SRS site. About 4 % of the THTR fuel elements are broken with probably similar consequences. The German government has officially announced here in the past years that there are no plans to export the waste from THTR to the US, but only for the AVR and that they wonder about an "Draft Environmental Assessment" (DEA) by DOE for THTR waste. Having in mind that it seems that the German side has officially supported the DEA for THTR waste too, we guess that the German export plans for the AVR waste are only the first step of an ecologically highly problematic export of all German nuclear waste to other countries. Russia has already similar offers. TRANSLATION/Obersetzung: Sehr geehrte Frau Williams, wir sind zutiefst besorgt Ober die amerikanisch-deutschen Plane zur Lagerung und Wiederaufarbeitung von etwa 200000 kg kommerziell genutzter deutscher Kugelbrennelemente aus den Atomkraftwerken AVR JOlich (15 MW ell und THTR-300 (300 MW ell in Savannah River Site. Die GrOnde fOr unsere Bedenken: };. Die deulschen Gesetze und die der Europ3ischen Union erlauben den Export von radioaktiven Abfallen nicht, mit Ausnahme von proliferationsgef3hrliche Abfallen aus Neu1ronen erzeugenden Forschungsreaktoren. AVR und THTR sind aber offenkundig keine Forschungsreaktoren und sind auch nicht als solche gelistet bei der IAEA, sondern es sind kommerzielle Atomkraftwerke. > Die Aufarbeitung von Brennelementen aus kommerziellen Reaktoren is! nach deutschem Recht verboten. Sowohl der AVR als auch der THTR wurden betrieben und waren im Besitz (der THTR auch jetzt noch) von kommerziel1en Betreibern; sie produzierten Strom fOr das Offentliche Netz (4,4Mrd. kWh). FOr beide 1 Bsup134 deutschen Anlagen existierten Schwesteranlagen in den USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR fOr den AVR und Fort St. Vrain HTGR fOr den THTR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA als kommerzielle betrachtet Die miserable leistungsbilanz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerzieJle Intentionen dienen: Sie waren kommerzielle Reaktorenl }:> Es besteht kein signifikanles Proliferations-Risiko fOr den AVR-MOII, wie verschiedene Gutachlen (z.B. auch von NNSA, 2013) darlegen. 1m Aligemeinen enlMlt der AVR-MOII kein HEU. Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland waren somi! m6glich. ,.. Die Brennelemente wurden haupts3chlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland von der NUKEM hergestellt, lediglich der HEU-Anteil (830 kg) stamm! aus den USA. » Wie eine unabhangige Expertengruppe 2014 darlegte. gab es verschiedene Unf311e im AVR. die Ober Jahrzehnte verschwiegen worden waren. Die BrenneJemente sind daher in elnem sehr schlechten Zustand. Ihre Wiederaufarbeitung wird vermutlich groBe Mengen sekundaren MOils erzeugen. die die beabsichtigte S3uberung der SRS behlndern dOrften. Ungef3hr 4% der THTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen. mit vermutlich ahnJichen Konsequenzen. Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren offiziell er1<.IM, dass es keine Plane fOr den Export der THTR-Brennelemente in die USA gabe, sondern nur fOr die des AVR. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass die deutsche Seite nun doch die Umweltvertr3glichkeitspl'Ofung des amerikanischen DOE fOr die THTR-8rennelemente offiziell unterstotzt, vermuten wir dass die deutschen Exportplane fOr den AVR-MOII nur der ersle Schritt eines okologisch hOchst problematischen Exports allen deutschen AtommOlis in andere lander darslellt Es gibl bereils entsprechende Angebote durch Russland. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT I Umweltvertraglichkeitsstudie: http://energv.gov/sltes/prodlfiles/2016/01n28/Draft%20DOE%20EA%201977 FOR%20PUBlIC.pdf With my signatur. J support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Nachname, Vorname Wohnort Unterschrift Name, Prename City Signature 1. 1 0"" 1·1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. r ," \J {ye 0 t "l- , 9. , I 10. Eine Aktion des 80ndnisses gegen Castor-Exporte (8uegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes- und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-Initiativen und dem 8UND NRW www.bund-nrw.de · www.westcastor.de Bitte bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRWe.v. senden: Merowingerstral1e 88, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: 0049 211 302005-26, V.i.S.d.P .: Buegece, clo Claudia Baitinger, T 0049 2369 24296 Claudia [email protected] Hinweis zum Datenschutz: Abgesehen von der Obersendung der Unlerschriften an den Adressaten findet eine Weitergabe der Daten an Dritte n!chl statt. Stand 18.02 .2016 2 Bsup135 deutschen Anlagen existierten Schwesteran!agen in den USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR fUr den AVR und Fort St. Vrain HTGR fUr den THTR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA als kommerziel1e betrachlet. Die miserable Leistungsbilanz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerziel1e Intentionen dienen: Sie waren kommerziel1e Reaktoren! ;, Es besteht kein signifikantes Proliferations-Risiko fOr den AVR-MOIl, wie verschiedene Gutachten (z.B. auch von NNSA, 2013) darlegen. 1m Allgemeinen entMlt der AVR-MOII kein HEU. Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland waren somit mbglich. > Die Brennelemente wurden hauptsachlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland von der NUKEM hergestellt, lediglich der HEU-Anteir (830 kg) stammt aus den USA. :;> Wie eine unabhangige Expertengruppe 2014 darlegte, gab es verschiedene UnfalJe im AVR, die ObeT Jahrzehnte verschwiegen worden waren. Die Brennelemente sind daher in einem sehr schlechten Zustand. Ihre W iederaufarbeilung wird vermutlich groBe Mengen sekundaren MOils erzeugen, die die beabsichtigte Sauberung der SRS behindern dOrften. Ungefahr 4% der THTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen, mit vermutlich ahnlichen Konsequenzen. Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren offiziell erklart, dass es keine PI~ne fOr den Export der THTR-Brennelemente in die USA gabe, sondern nur fOr die des AVR. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass die deutsche Seite nun doch die UmweltvertraglichkeitsprOfung des amerikanischen DOE fOr die THTR-Brennelemente offiziell unterstotzt, vermuten WiT dass die deutschen Exportplane fOr den AVR-MOII nur der erste Schritt eines 6kologisch hOchst problematischen Exports allen deutschen AtommOlis in andere Lander darstellt. Es gibt bereits entsprechende Angebote dUTch Russland. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT I Umweltvertraglichkeitsstudie: http://energy.gov/sites/prodlfllesl20161011f28/Draft%20DOE%20EA%201977 FOR%20PUBLlC.pdl With my signatur, I support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Nachname, Vorname Wohnort Unterschrift Name, Prename City Signature f--,;-' . -lr~/·r:...... J.C~~fr1'.LI.J:. flnUl' hU;; ,o.l..ldrrLe ,~ J"----_+=Lp"1c.-t7.:J:Li ~~-:!fl~,o~e'-rt-<;',,---- __+---,;~ , {J,. "'.Il l. 2. ':l;. !C:t. L lIJ.fq, V2.h,,; t b arf J!i.:t- ~ ) 4. 5. 6 7. 8. 9. 10. Eine Aktion des BOndnisses gegen Castor-Exporte (Buegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes- und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-Initiativen und dem BUND NRW www.bund-nrw.de www.westcastor.de Bitte bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRW e.V. senden : Merowingerstra~e 88, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: 0049211 302005-26, V.i.S.d.P.: Buegece , clo Claudia Baitinger, T 0049 2369 24296 [email protected] Hinweis zum Datenschutz: Abgesehen von der Obersendung der Unterschriften an den Adressaten findet eine Weitergabe der Daten an Dritte nicht statt. Stand 18.02.2016 2 Bsup136 PC-062 preBsup137 PC-062 Comments on NEIA dealing with processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS Dear Mrs/Mr, we are deeply concerned about the US/German plans to reprocess and store about 200,000 kg of commerical German pebble fuel elements from the nuclear power plants AVR luelich (15 MWel) and THTR-300 (300 MWel) at SRS. Our reasons are: • European Union and German laws do not allow the export of nuclear waste, except for proliferation relevant waste from neutron generating research reactors. The reasonable general rule is that the waste has to remain in the country of its origin. AVR and THTR are obviously no research reactors and are not listed as research reactors by the International Atomic Energy Agency, but as nuclear power' plants. There are several legal expertizes, which underline this position. For that German environmental organisations as BUND (friends of the earth) and Greenpeace have announced legal actions in case of a transport of the German fuel to SRS. • Reprocessing of fuel elements is prohibited by law in Germany for commercial fuel elements. Both, AVR and THTR were both owned and operated by commercial utilities (and THTR still is) and produced electricity (4,4 bn kWh) to the grid. For both German NPPs sister plants existed in the US: Peach Bottom HTGR for AVR and Fort St. Vrain HTGR for THTR, and these US plants are considered as commerical in the US. The very poor performance of these German pebble bed NPP may not be taken as argument for non existing commerical intentions: They were commerical NPPs. • There is no significant proliferation risk for the AVR waste, as several expertizes (e.g. from the NNSA 2013) indicate. In average the spent AVR waste does not contain RED A conditioning and final storage in Germany is possible. • The fuel elements were mainly (96 %) fabricated in Germany at Nukem, US origin is only the REU content (830 kg) • As an independent official experts group outlined 2014, there were several severe accidents in AVR reactor (which were hushed up for decades). The fuel elements are thus in a very bad shape. Their reprocessing will probably produce huge amounts of secondary waste, which will hinder the intended cleaning of the SRS site. About 4 % of the THTR fuel elements are broken with probably similar consequences. • The German government has officially announced here in the past years that there are no plans to export the waste from THTR to the US, but only for the AVR and that they wonder about an NEIA by DOE for THTR waste. Having in mind that it seems that the German side has officially supported the NEIA for THTR waste too, we guess that the German export plans for the AVR waste are only the first step of an ecologically highly problematic export of all German nuclear waste to other countries: There are already respective offers of Russia. Bsup137 PC-062 ----~ An US-Dlepartment of Energy. (englische Obersetzung wird mitgesandt.) S'ehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind zutiefst besorgt tiber die amerikanisch-deutschen Plane zur Lagerung und Wiedf!raufarbeitung von etwa 200 000 kg kommerziell genutzter deutscher Kugelbrennelemente aus d!~n Atomkraftwerken AVR Jtilich (15 MW eL) und THTR-300 (300 MW eL) in Savannah River Site. Die Grtinde fur unsere Bedenken: ). Die deutschen Gesetze und die der Europaischen Union erlauben den Export von radioaktiven Abfallen nicht, mit Ausnahme von proliferationsgefahrdeten Abfallen aus Neutronen erzeu,genden Forschungsreaktoren. AVR und THTR sind aber offenkundig keine Forschungsreaktoren und sind auch nicht als so\Che gelistet bei der IAEA, sondern es sind kommerzielle Atomkraftwerke. )~ Die Aufarbeitung von Brennelementen aus kommerziellen Reaktoren ist nach deutschem Recht verboten. Sowohl der AVR als auch der THTR wurden betrieben und waren im Besitz (der THTR auch jetzt noch)von kommerziellen Betreibern; sie produzierten Strom fur das Mfentliche Netz (4,4Mrd. kWh). Ftir beide deutschen Anlagen existierten Schwesteranlagen in de,n USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR fUr den AVR und Fort St. Vrain HTGR fur den THTR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA als kommerzielle betrachtet. Die miserable Leistungsbilanz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerzielle Intentionen dienen: Sie waren kommerzielle Reaktoren! ~ Es besteht kein signifikantes Proliferations-Risiko fur den AVR-Mtill, wie verschiedene Gutachten (z.B. auch von NNSA, 2013) darJegen. 1m Allgemeinen enthalt der AVR-Mtill kein HEU. Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland waren somit moglich. > Die Brennelemente wurden hauptsachlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland von der NUKEM herg;estellt, lediglich der HEU-Anteil (830 kg) stammt aus den USA. > Wie eine unabhangige Expertengruppe 2014 darlegte, gab es verschiedene Unfalle im AVR, die tiber Jahrzehnte verschwiegen worden waren. Die Brennelemente sind daher in einem sehr schlechten Zustand. Ihre Wiederaufarbeitung wird vermutlich groge Mengen sekundaren MiliUs erzeugen, die die beabsichtigte Sauberung der SRS behindern dtirften. Ungefahr 4% der THTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen, mit vermutlich ahnlichen Konsequenzen. > Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren offiziell erkiart, dass es keinle Plane fur den Export der THTR-Brennelemente in die USA gabe, sondern nur fUr die des AVR. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass die deutsche , Seite nun doch die Umweltvertraglichkeitsprtifung des amerikanischen DOE fur die THTR-Brennelemente offiziell untl~rstiltzt, vermuten wir dass die deutschen Exportplane fUr den AVR-Mtill nur der erste Schritt eim!s okologisch hochst problematischen Exports allen deutschen Atommtills in andere Lander dar!5tellt. Es gibt bereits entsprechende Angebote durch Russland. y . 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The Draft EA, (Table 4- 33, Total Cumulative Waste Generation at the Savannah River Site), lists estimated waste generation of LLW, hazardous waste, and solid nonhazardous waste for the H-Area and L-Area alternatives, and indicates that the L-Area alternative generates less cubic meters of waste in comparison to the H-Area alternative. 064-1 Overview Alternatives for processing the waste at H-Area and L-Area are being considered. Two options are available for digesting the carbon encasing the HEU fuel kernels: molten salt digestion and vapor digestion options. These options are the first step in the process, and would be common to both areas. The EA should clarify whether the molten salt digestion option or the vapor digestion option would result in less additional waste, and the amount of waste processing that would be required for waste generated from either of these processes. The H-Area processing alternatives include vitrification, which involves dissolving the embedded fuel kernels and transferring the solution to liquid waste facilities; the low enriched uranium (LEU) option, which involves dissolving kernels followed by solvent extraction of the uranium; and the low enriched uranium (LEU)/thorium option, which involves dissolving HEU kernels in solvent, followed by the separation of uranium and thorium. The L-Area processing alternative involves down-blending the HEU kernels and converting them to a uranium-aluminum alloy in a melt and dilute process. The EA notes that the processing timeline for the H-Area alternatives would be approximately 5 years, as compared to approximately 7 years for the L-Area alternative. Specific comments Bsup147 PC-064 Table 4-33, Total Cumulative Waste Generation at the Savannah River Site, Draft EA action alternatives, shows that the L-Area alternative includes a lower amount of estimated waste generation in comparison with the H-Area alternative. Section 2.1.6.2, Cask Disposition under the L-Area Alternative, states that “If disposed, 064-1 the casks and canisters would result in a disposal waste volume of approximately 67,000 cubic feet”. This section further states that “If the casks were reused, the inner canisters would be disposed of separately as LLW in the SRS E-Area trenches. The canisters would represent approximately 8,000 cubic feet of LLW.” It is unclear whether plans include reusing the casks to the maximum extent feasible, and whether or not reusing the inner canisters is feasible. Section 4.1.3.4, Waste Management, notes that “…additional analysis and facility design or operational modifications may be required to accommodate disposal of solidified LEU or LEU/Thorium waste under the H-Area Alternative”. We note that this represents additional work that would not be required if the L-Area alternative is selected. Table 4-31, Annual Cumulative Population Health Effects of Exposure to Radioactive Contaminants at the Savannah River Site, German Fuel EA action alternatives, indicates that radiation doses to the general population and maximally exposed individual would be slightly less under the L-Area alternative. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this project. Ramona K. McConney NEPA Program Office U.S. EPA, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. Atlanta GA 30303 (404)562-9615 Bsup148 PC-065 From: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Comment letter on EA for Acceptance and disposition of spent nuclear fuel from Germany My comment letter is attached. I attempted to email this earlier but got a message saying it was waiting moderator approval. So I am trying again. Marolyn Parson 13 Coventry Court Bluffton, SC 29910 843-757-0237 [email protected] Bsup149 PC-065 Bsup150 PC-065 Enriched Uranium from the Federal Republi.c of Germany;' Janumy25, 20 16, Federal RegJSter(Vol. 81, No. 15» A~ a rl!sult. Ihis proposed project is not being con sidered by th e Department of Energy to further the nuclear nonproliferation goal orthe United State.s. whi ch is in lille wilh the results of a technical evaluntion of the proliferntion attractiveness or tile spent nucl enr fue l from Germany by Jnekson Q. Crocker, Director of Nuclear Threat Seit:m:l!, D.-:panm~nt of Energy, National Nutlear Seturit), Administration. In Mr. Cmcker·s J\ugusl 1, 2013, kiter (attached at the end of these oomments). h.:l slates: "We assess the material as 10\0,1 attracti Yencs!; (Attractiveness Icvd "E", whidl requires only Category I V security prutcdioll . Wc also tl5SCS~ th e nUlkrial i~ nul allr.Jclivc tu ~ uh statel1en"Orist ent iti es in its ('uITent slate. Since the mnterinl is stored ill a secure environnWllt in a politically stahle country. it is 1101 ora pr o lif~ rati on collcenl."' TIlc Department or Encrgy is evalu ating two altCTnativcs for ;lCCl:pt;1flCC and dispos ition orthe ~pt: nl nuclear fuel as r<:{luin:d by the Nalional En vinmmentul Poli cy Act, II No Action Altenwlive lind an aelion Illternlltive. Under th e No Action A1I"TIllllive. the spt:nt nuclear fue l "ould not be shipped to the Uniled St;ltcs for procening and di sposition. Under the action alternatives, the spent nnelear fuel would be , hipped 10 Ihe United Stales an d processcd Ilt Savannllh Ri ver Sil\: for fin l1 l disposition. If an action at t~mati ve i ~ sdcct~d , The. federal Republic ofGcrnlllll Y wi ll pay for the shipment oflh.! CASTOR casks to the United Slates as well as the processing and disposition orthe spent nuclellf fuel. TIlc DcpanmcllI of Encrgy is proposing to process th e spc ntlluclear fucl at thc Stlvtl nn ah Ri vcr Site and Ihen disposing must of th e low Icv.:1 nucT.:ar wasIL' 0 11 ~ il c lind storing Ihe rest the high level nuclear waste at the Savannah River Site unt il a national re pository is nvai l:1hl e to rN."e iv!: il. Ac.:ording 10 th e Environmc:ntnl A~~c."sme llt. th .... ca~ks wu uld bc shippcd acro~s the Atlantic Qcean to the J9illl13asc Charleslon- Wcapons Station, near Charleo;tQn, South Carolilla. and then ollmed 0 11 dedio$lled tmills to the Sllwmnah Ri ver Site. A maximum of sixtee ll casks would Ix: carried on a Ir.Jn ~ port ship, so it will t;lke 30 or more.; shipm t.:nts to gt.:t all of lhl: .f55 ClIsks to the Unitl:u SUl t ~'"S . Each cask contain s spent nuclear fuel in the roml of small graph ite sphere!;. called "pehbles:' All lota1, tllCI-e is Hpproximlltt ly 1,98U pounds of highly tnriehl:d uTimium in the 455 cusks. The unmium enrichm ent is up to 81% Once recl:ivcd at the SavRlmuh Ri vt:r Sih:, thcre are two lI .. tio11 Illtemativcs bc: ing considered. The first is referred to as the II-Area alternative, 'I'llich ha s three. processing options- the VitrifielltiOIl Option, the Low Enriched Uranium Was te Option, and the LEUrrhorium Waste Option. The ~cc()l1d is rcfern:d 10 as thc L-Arca Al ternative. As the nllme of tile alh.: malivcs suggests. th c location ofthc processing of th.:: spent nuclear fuel would take place in two diffe:rent locillions. either in I·T- Area or L-Area. The fi gure below s how~ the Helion a!tem3Iivt:s and a~soeiated J1roce ~si ng options. , Bsup151 PC-065 Figure S-2: Il-Arcllllnd L-Arell Al ltlmUlivt:s (p. S-6. , "E"viromnenlnl Assessmenl for the Acceplam:e and I)isposilioll ofSpenl Nu clear Fud Containing U.S. -Origin Hi gh ly fn ri ched Uranium lrom the Federal Rq)llblic ofGennany:' JmlUllI), 25. 20 16. Federal Regis/er (VoL 81 . No. 15) ,- I ..... - ...... !>!:I ... __I :;="1 ------ lInder the H,Area a h ~mal i ves, th e results ofUl e three process optiollS will require different disposition puths. I. TIle Vitrification Option would re-sult in 101 canistcrs of high level waste glass. which would be stored at the Savannah River Sile until a national reposilory is al'ai lab le~ plus about 190.000 cubic feet of low leve l \vastc Ilultstonc, which would be deposited in one of the sahstone vaults at the Sava.nnah Ri ver Silc ton.w(.'r. 2. The LEU Waste Option would result in 32 c .. misters of high level wHste glass, which woul d be stored at the Savllllnah RivCT Site untiillnalionai repository is avaiiublc; 22ftOOO cuhic fect of low lovd waste saltstono. which would hc deposi ted in 01lC Uf Ul..J saltstonc- vaults al th\.'" Savannah RiYcr Site forevcr. lUld 3,600 cubic fcct Qf grout\.'"d low ellrich.:d uranium low Icvd waslc, \\'hieh would he disposed of in thc g·Ar.:a at lhe Savannah Ri ve r Site forever or sent oflsite to a low le vel was le disposal facility. 3_ "fhe LEUrlboriulll Waste Option wo uld r': ~lI lt in 1.5 l1ani sters Il fhigh le.vel waste glass, which would be storcd at the Savanllah Ri,;cr Silc until a final di sposition path for high level WilSie is aVllill1ble; 220.000 cllbic feel ,"flow lewl wllSte -S Under the L· Area nltematiw, the res ults of lhe proc.ess would require two disposition paths. Fir.; l. t h ~ digc!;led spenl fud pehhles would be bknded with I)ther tlraniulIl and cl)lllbint'd with aluminum to produci:' all alloy that would bi:' cast into ingots. TIle ingots would be loaded imo 82 3 Bsup152 PC-065 065-1 065-2 065-3 065-4 065-1 Bsup153 PC-065 065-1 Bsup154 PC-065 065-1 065-2 065-3 065-4 Bsup155 PC-065 065-4 065-5 Bsup156 PC-065 Attachment 8 Bsup157 PC-065 Depnrtmen\ 01 Energy National Nuclear Security Admlnlstfalion WashIngton, DC 2058:; Augusl 1,2013 MEMORANDUM 170ft 1<£NNBTH PICHA DBPUTY ASSlS1'ANT SIiCRliTARY OFFICE OF TANK WASTBAND NUCLeAR MATERIAl. ARTHUR 0. ATKINS ActING ASSISTANT DEl'UTY ADMINISTRATOR OlfPfC!! 01' OLOBA).. TIUU!AT REDUC'fION FROM: JACKSON Q, CROCKERZ;4...,Y:L-_ _ _ DIRECI'OH :".1'" OI'PICH or NUCLHAR T iREAT sc.:mNCE SLJOmCT: IIroJrf!!J'alioll AUl1lclivcnc.~~ or Jtl!iol1 Orullhilu Sphert.l! We havo completed 1\ lcclmica, cvullll1\ion unhe [111:h TClllperutul'C OIlS·Cooled Reaetor J,'I'IIpbito fuel /Wcmblies C\lrI"Clltly stored III rUl'lichung~A'L1l"II!l Hllich (GmbH) lu hSlCSS ils Inaleri~[ nl!mclive!)css. Tile Bnlpflile spheres t)IIeh weIgh approximately 200 g. The conccnlrntiOll of lImnlum emU) I~ 0.5% by weight, lIS dioxide. Thorium dlu~ide i:l alII<'! prcJ;cnt Ilt 5% by W<:igh! Illong wilh A smlllll1ll1ount afSiC(2.J g). We as.'!IISS lhe nintcnnilis low altl'flctil'one.'IS (I\llmclivcne5s level "[3',), whieh only l'e<\uil"Cll Dltcgot·y IV secudty pro\C(:!ioll. We nl~n rumes$ th e lnatcriul is Hull1lltllctive to sub-stLIte/lcrrorisl entities in its eUITlmt stille. Slue<: the- LTlfltcrial is stored in n SllClU-e cnyironment inn politically slable COlll1try, it Is not of II pro!ifofUlinu concern. ~Iowever, because the l!llltedill is ufU':). -origin, the NNSA bclicvc~ \1m! the Dopartilleul docs hnvc nil ullofficial rcspOll!ibility 10 a~sure the mnlorilll is adcqullwly di~posilioned. ThcH:folll, NNSA support!'; "WMk fOI' Orner" ncliyities by DOIl'~ Omcco(lillvilllnmcntni Munllgclllcni to helt) Gcmmny dovotoll IIl1d implemont M npproprlnte di~posiljon pnlhlYny 1'01' thi~ 1l1ilicrilli. Although nat II nunprolifornlion IIclivily, it docs t ct: Jay TUden, NA·e(l Oelcorl Edcardo, EM 21 Q l 9 y ' @ ...... "'-- 9 Bsup158 PC-066 From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] German Spent Nuclear Fuel EA Public Comments Ms Williams, Please accept the enclosed public comments and questions regarding the Draft Spent Nuclear Fuel from Germany EA. Thank you and enjoy your weekend- Becky Rafter Becky D. Rafter, MPA // Executive Director // Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (Georgia WAND) // 404.524.5999 // www.georgiawand.org Bsup159 PC-066 066-1 066-2 066-3 066-4 066-5 066-6 066-7 066-8 Bsup160 PC-067 preBsup161 PC-067 11:) ;t. 1~ ( Sammeleinwendungen - " Keine Castor-Exporte in die USA ~ . ~ To: Ms. TracyWiniams, NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box B Aiken, South Carolina 29802. e·Mail: [email protected] Comments on "Draft Environmental Assessment for the Acceptance and Disposition of Used Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium from the Federal Republic of Gennany" (DEAl dealing with processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Final date for comments: 11.03.2016 Dear Ms. Williams We are deeply concerned about the US/German plans to reprocess and store about 200,000 kg of commercial German pebble fuel elements from the nuclear power plants AVR Juelich (15 MWel) and THTR-300 (300 MWel) at SRS. The reasons for our comments are: European Union and German laws do not allow the export of nuclear waste, except for proliferation relevant waste from neutron generating research reactors. The reasonable general rule is that the waste has to remain in the country of its origin. AVR and THTR are obviously no research reactors and are not listed as research reactors by the International Atomic Energy Agency, but as nuclear power plants. There are several legal expertizes, which underline this position. For that German environmental organisations as BUND (friends of the earth) and Greenpeace have announced legal actions in case of a transport of the German fuel to SRS. Reprocessing of fuel elements is prohibited by law in Germany for commercial fuel elements. Both, AVR and THTR were both owned and operated by commercial u1i1ities (and THTR still is) and produced electricity (4.4 bn kWh) to the grid. For both German NPPs sister plants existed in the US: Peach Bottom HTGR for AVR and Fort St. Vrain HTGR for THTR, and these US plants are considered as commercial in the US. The very poor performance of these German pebble bed NPP may not be taken as argument for non existing commercial intentions: They were commercial NPPs. There is no significant proliferation risk for the AVR waste, as several expertizes (e.g. from the NNSA 2013) indicate. In average the spent AVR waste does not contain HEU. A conditioning and final storage in Germany is possible. The fuel elements were mainly (96 %) fabricated in Germany at Nukem, US origin is only the HEU content (830 kg). As an independent official experts group outlined 2014, there were several severe accidents in AVR reactor (which were hushed up for decades). The fuel elements are thus in a 'Iery bad shape. Their reprocessing will probably produce huge amounts of secondary waste, which will hinder the intended cleaning of the SRS site. About 4 % of the THTR fuel elements are broken with probably similar consequences. The German government has officially announced here in the past years that there are no plans to export the waste from THTR to the US, but only for the AVR and that they wonder about an "Draft Environmental Assessment" (DEA) by DOE for THTR waste. Having in mind that it seems that the German side has officially supported the DEA for THTR waste too, we guess that the German export plans for the AVR waste are only the first step of an ecologically highly problematic export of all German nuclear waste to other countries. Russia has already similar offers. TRANSLATION/Obersetzung: Sehr geehrte Frau Williams, wir sind zutiefst besorgt Ober die amerikanisch-deutschen Plane zur Lagerung und Wiederaufarbeitung von etwa 200000 kg kommerziell genutzter deutscher Kugelbrennelemente aus den Atomkraftwerken AVR JOlich (15 MW ell und THTR-300 (300 MW ell in Savannah River Site. Die GrOnde fOr unsere Bedenken: };. Die deulschen Gesetze und die der Europ3ischen Union erlauben den Export von radioaktiven Abfallen nicht, mit Ausnahme von proliferationsgef3hrliche Abfallen aus Neu1ronen erzeugenden Forschungsreaktoren. AVR und THTR sind aber offenkundig keine Forschungsreaktoren und sind auch nicht als solche gelistet bei der IAEA, sondern es sind kommerzielle Atomkraftwerke. > Die Aufarbeitung von Brennelementen aus kommerziellen Reaktoren is! nach deutschem Recht verboten. Sowohl der AVR als auch der THTR wurden betrieben und waren im Besitz (der THTR auch jetzt noch) von kommerziel1en Betreibern; sie produzierten Strom fOr das Offentliche Netz (4,4Mrd. kWh). FOr beide 1 Bsup161 PC-067 deutschen Anlagen existierten Schwesteranlagen in den USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR fOr den AVR und Fort St. Vrain HTGR fOr den THTR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA als kommerzielle betrachtet Die miserable leistungsbilanz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerzieJle Intentionen dienen: Sie waren kommerzielle Reaktorenl }:> Es besteht kein signifikanles Proliferations-Risiko fOr den AVR-MOII, wie verschiedene Gutachlen (z.B. auch von NNSA, 2013) darlegen. 1m Aligemeinen enlMlt der AVR-MOII kein HEU. Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland waren somi! m6glich. ,.. Die Brennelemente wurden haupts3chlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland von der NUKEM hergestellt, lediglich der HEU-Anteil (830 kg) stamm! aus den USA. » Wie eine unabhangige Expertengruppe 2014 darlegte. gab es verschiedene Unf311e im AVR. die Ober Jahrzehnte verschwiegen worden waren. Die BrenneJemente sind daher in elnem sehr schlechten Zustand. Ihre Wiederaufarbeitung wird vermutlich groBe Mengen sekundaren MOils erzeugen. die die beabsichtigte S3uberung der SRS behlndern dOrften. Ungef3hr 4% der THTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen. mit vermutlich ahnJichen Konsequenzen. Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren offiziell er1<.IM, dass es keine Plane fOr den Export der THTR-Brennelemente in die USA gabe, sondern nur fOr die des AVR. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass die deutsche Seite nun doch die Umweltvertr3glichkeitspl'Ofung des amerikanischen DOE fOr die THTR-8rennelemente offiziell unterstotzt, vermuten wir dass die deutschen Exportplane fOr den AVR-MOII nur der ersle Schritt eines okologisch hOchst problematischen Exports allen deutschen AtommOlis in andere lander darslellt Es gibl bereils entsprechende Angebote durch Russland. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT I Umweltvertraglichkeitsstudie: http://energv.gov/sltes/prodlfiles/2016/01n28/Draft%20DOE%20EA%201977 FOR%20PUBlIC.pdf With my signatur. J support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Nachname, Vorname Wohnort Unterschrift Name, Prename City Signature 1. 1 0"" 1·1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. r ," \J {ye 0 t "l- , 9. , I 10. Eine Aktion des 80ndnisses gegen Castor-Exporte (8uegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes- und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-Initiativen und dem 8UND NRW www.bund-nrw.de · www.westcastor.de Bitte bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRWe.v. senden: Merowingerstral1e 88, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: 0049 211 302005-26, V.i.S.d.P .: Buegece, clo Claudia Baitinger, T 0049 2369 24296 Claudia [email protected] Hinweis zum Datenschutz: Abgesehen von der Obersendung der Unlerschriften an den Adressaten findet eine Weitergabe der Daten an Dritte n!chl statt. Stand 18.02 .2016 2 Bsup162 PC-067 deutschen Anlagen existierten Schwesteran!agen in den USA: PEACH Bottom HTGR fUr den AVR und Fort St. Vrain HTGR fUr den THTR; diese Anlagen werden auch in den USA als kommerziel1e betrachlet. Die miserable Leistungsbilanz der deutschen Kugelhaufen-Reaktoren kann nicht als Argument gegen deren kommerziel1e Intentionen dienen: Sie waren kommerziel1e Reaktoren! ;, Es besteht kein signifikantes Proliferations-Risiko fOr den AVR-MOIl, wie verschiedene Gutachten (z.B. auch von NNSA, 2013) darlegen. 1m Allgemeinen entMlt der AVR-MOII kein HEU. Eine Konditionierung und Endlagerung in Deutschland waren somit mbglich. > Die Brennelemente wurden hauptsachlich (zu 96%) in Deutschland von der NUKEM hergestellt, lediglich der HEU-Anteir (830 kg) stammt aus den USA. :;> Wie eine unabhangige Expertengruppe 2014 darlegte, gab es verschiedene UnfalJe im AVR, die ObeT Jahrzehnte verschwiegen worden waren. Die Brennelemente sind daher in einem sehr schlechten Zustand. Ihre W iederaufarbeilung wird vermutlich groBe Mengen sekundaren MOils erzeugen, die die beabsichtigte Sauberung der SRS behindern dOrften. Ungefahr 4% der THTR-Brennelemente sind zerbrochen, mit vermutlich ahnlichen Konsequenzen. Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat in den vergangenen Jahren offiziell erklart, dass es keine PI~ne fOr den Export der THTR-Brennelemente in die USA gabe, sondern nur fOr die des AVR. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass die deutsche Seite nun doch die UmweltvertraglichkeitsprOfung des amerikanischen DOE fOr die THTR-Brennelemente offiziell unterstotzt, vermuten WiT dass die deutschen Exportplane fOr den AVR-MOII nur der erste Schritt eines 6kologisch hOchst problematischen Exports allen deutschen AtommOlis in andere Lander darstellt. Es gibt bereits entsprechende Angebote dUTch Russland. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT I Umweltvertraglichkeitsstudie: http://energy.gov/sites/prodlfllesl20161011f28/Draft%20DOE%20EA%201977 FOR%20PUBLlC.pdl With my signatur, I support these comments against the DEA concerning the processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel elements at SRS. Nachname, Vorname Wohnort Unterschrift Name, Prename City Signature f--,;-' . -lr~/·r:...... J.C~~fr1'.LI.J:. flnUl' hU;; ,o.l..ldrrLe ,~ J"----_+=Lp"1c.-t7.:J:Li ~~-:!fl~,o~e'-rt-<;',,---- __+---,;~ , {J,. "'.Il l. 2. ':l;. !C:t. L lIJ.fq, V2.h,,; t b arf J!i.:t- ~ ) 4. 5. 6 7. 8. 9. 10. Eine Aktion des BOndnisses gegen Castor-Exporte (Buegece), Zusammenschluss aus landes- und bundesweiten Anti-Atom-Initiativen und dem BUND NRW www.bund-nrw.de www.westcastor.de Bitte bis zum 01.03.2016 an den BUND NRW e.V. senden : Merowingerstra~e 88, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: 0049211 302005-26, V.i.S.d.P.: Buegece , clo Claudia Baitinger, T 0049 2369 24296 [email protected] Hinweis zum Datenschutz: Abgesehen von der Obersendung der Unterschriften an den Adressaten findet eine Weitergabe der Daten an Dritte nicht statt. Stand 18.02.2016 2 Bsup163 PC-068 From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 10:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Free Prior and Informed Consent policy Greetings to all our Relations, We write regarding the USDOE proposal to accept spent nuclear fuel from the Federal Republic of Germany at USDOE’s Savannah River Site for processing and disposition. We write to learn what US DOE's practice is in implementing the US policy of obtaining Free Prior and Informed 068-1 Consent from Indigenous Peoples' governments before bringing nuclear materials to our winds, lands, and waters. As the US has endorsed the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as explained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we inquire how the USDOE plans to work with Indigenous Peoples to obtain Free Prior and Informed Consent for the development of indigenous winds, lands, and waters. We inquire if the US is creating or planning to create nuclear weaponry or nuclear submarine fuel with Savannah River Site. We request updated USGS reports on the condition and potential 068-2 impacts to the water tables in this area. We request updated projection models regarding land subsidence or other changes due to climate change that might in any way impact nuclear material near Savannah River Site and the nuclear plants existing and proposed. We request health studies with neighboring Peoples, especially Indigenous Peoples regarding high cancer rates and toxic body loads, including maternal health impacts. We request information on all proposals to bring nuclear material to the southeast for any reason. Please 068-1 send a list or spreadsheet that you might have handy that tells us what type of nuclear material in what amount is proposed to come when to which lands, winds, or waters in the Southeast and who the Indigenous Peoples are that you are working with to obtain Free Prior and Informed Consent for the development. We request environmental impact statements for every step in the proposed journey between Germany and for every portion of the nuclear materials' resting places. The process of obtaining Indigenous Peoples Free Prior and Informed Consent would have brought these environmental 068-3 impact statements to public light in a more timely manner. Because the US does not currently have an effective practice for its policy of obtaining FPIC, these environmental impact statements are not available to help inform the views of others impacted. Indigenous Peoples have much to share with our neighbors and our knowledge can benefit the US. Further, we ask the US to consider the precarious situation the humans in the region of SRS currently are in with too much nuclear material already contaminating existing areas with little protection from nuclear material or those who seek it. The US has not settled with Indigenous Peoples in the immediate area of Savannah River Site and along the Savannah river and other impacted areas of the proposed route of the nuclear material. This nuclear material is described 068-4 as potentially weapons-grade and southeast Indigenous Peoples have already witnessed much unsolicited violence from the US and Europe for many generations. This area requires an assessment from the US regarding the status of violence in the area, measures to address paramilitary activities in the area (including human, weapon, human, mineral, and money trafficking), functionality of indigenous and non-indigenous governments, social health, and assessment and impact of heightened security measures required to contain nuclear weaponry. 068-2 We solicit a US response to the dangerous situation that we are in as we face climate change with no settlement between the US and many Indigenous Peoples across much of the Southeast Bsup164 PC-068 while the US proposes to import nuclear waste to remain with Indigenous Peoples, lands, winds, waters, and cultures in perpetuity with no discernible concern for the health and survival of life 068-2 in the area. Indigenous Peoples can do much to help the US mitigate and survive climate change when the US works with us to implement US endorsement of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, especially regarding decision-making. We request that the USDOE wait to decide on bringing nuclear material to the Southeast until after it has implemented the US policy of obtaining Free Prior and Informed Consent from 068-1 Indigenous Peoples and developed effective protocols for communicating with and working with Southeast Indigenous Peoples to address security, health, and environmental-economic issues to benefit all life in the Southeast now and for generations to come. -- Southeast Indigenous Peoples' Center PO Box 4003 Eatonton Georgia 31024 706.461.6244 SoutheastPeoples.org twitter: @1stsoutherners Bsup165 PC-069 Comment: I am in favor of this environmental assessment. Nuclear energy is still a big part of the pie in American energy. Germany has become a up and coming friend of the United States, and is the economic power of Europe. These two states are essential to the global economy, and as such, this assessment should be put into action by the Department of Energy. Recently, Germany's political leaders have swayed away from Nuclear energy, but 069-1 not the research. So getting rid of their spent fuel is necessary, especially since the U.S. has much more unoccupied space. Germany's land is much more populated, and it makes sense for Germany to keep away from Nuclear, as long as they do not rely on fossil fuels. I do not believe Germany has fossil fuel energy in their scope, rather Germany would focus on alternative energy. The United States should focus on alternative, and I believe Nuclear energy and research. This action will only strengthen America's relationship with Germany. First Name: Dan Middle Name: Last Name: Wo1tiska City: Casco State or Province: Wisconsin ZIP/Postal Code: 54205 Bsup166 PC‐070 Comment: This idea has to be scratched. DO NOT import ANY nuclear 070-1 waste, high level or low level INTO the United States or its territories. WIPP, the only waste management area is out of commission. Plans to re-open it are short-sighted as the salt walls and ceilings are already caving in from the poorly packaged materials inside. The WIPP stored waste is eating 070-2 through the metal drums - as shown in the photos from the facility. Soon Department of Energy officials and nuclear facility officials and nuclear energy officials will be facing criminal charges for the people they have killed by their pollution all these years. The health officials scam of wrongly attributing place-of-living to cancer patients to hide cancer clusters near and downwind from nuclear facilities is coming to a fast end. They are not exempt either from criminal charges. First Name: Anonymous Middle Name: Last Name: Anonymous City: Anonymous State or Province: New York ZIP/Postal Code: 10977 Bsup167 PC-071 Comment: Use the No Action alternative. Leave the waste in Germany. We have more than enough high level nuclear waste onsite at 071-1 nuclear power facilities, which should all be shuttered and decommissioned. Let us not produce anymore of these poisons while safe, clean, green energy sources are technologically available and financially superior right now. *© First Name: Eileen Last Name: Mahood-Jose City: Little Ferry Country: United States State or Province: New Jersey Bsup168 PC-072 Comment: We do not want Germany's Nuclear Waste. The people of 072-1 North and South Carolina, have Nuclear waste from current nuclear plants and bomb factories to deal with "No action alternative- leave the waste in Germany". We want these Nuclear Plants Shut Down! "No more Radioactive Waste, It is Unacceptable! First Name: Laurie Middle Name: Last Name: Rieman City: Robbinsville Country: United States State or Province: North Carolina ZIP/Postal Code: 28771 Bsup169 PC-073 Comment: 073-1 Leave the waste in Germany First Name: Julie Middle Name: Last Name: Wert City: Camden Country: United States State or Province: Michigan ZIP/Postal Code: 49232 Bsup170 PC-074 Comment: Wait a minute here NRC. How is it that NO ONE has commented on this issue as of 2/5/16? This is crazy. It means you are not doing your jobs correctly. You have failed to inform the public of this public health hazard per your federal job descriptions. Obviously. Otherwise, you would have more than ZERO comments on this matter. This is outrageous. And disgusting. How in the hell is this country, my country, the USA, opting to bring in other countries HEU when we don't even know what to do with the 70 years of 074-1 stockpiled wastes that have no permanent home or permanent plan for the stockpiles from our own country? There is no disposal site for this waste, meaning there is no room for waste from other countries coming into the US, now or ever. You can't or won't track what's being illegally dumped in places like Canon City, CO, or St. Louis, MO...for decades, and you cannot be trusted, or maybe even legally allowed anymore, to make decisions about nuclear material like this when you have clearly demonstrated that you, the NRC, have a lax moral, ethical and legal standard for how these wastes have been dealt with for the past 70 years. And now you want to add more fuel to the fire? Literally? No freaking way. The NRC has contributed to hundreds if not thousands, or tens of thousands of deaths, and future deaths, and mind-blowingly high rates of brain, lymph and lung cancers in my home town of Canon City, Colorado. As documented. For years. Decades. With no legitimate response from the NRC. Or Congress. Or from Colorado and the Agreement State status you have let it maintain year after year, even in the face of crime after crime committed in the name of nuclear material. And this is documented. On record. And I'm over it. And so is my boss. It means in some capacity the NRC is guilty of murder. The NRC should be dismantled by Congress. Or the DOJ. This is a RICO run entity and you have found your greatest foe in me NRC. Meghan Christine Belaski Ashe. I know why the NRC is proposing this ...it's for the lunatics who think there is future in nuclear power in this country. I hate to tell you ...there's not. And soon I will tell you all why. The DOJ knows why. The SEC Office of the Whistleblower knows why ...because I know what they've done...and how they did it...if "they" are trying to convince the public that we should take this waste from other countries, other countries that are perfectly capable of dealing with their own wastes, and have the 1st-world means to do so, then the NRC should consider what it means to have our publicly corrupt politicians involved in a commodities futures scam so massive, that soon most of our sitting Congress members will find themselves in a similar situation that the "leadership" in Brazil are finding themselves in. A massive graft scandal that ends in federal prison terms. No one is above the law, and this one starts with you NRC. Thus far you know that in Feb., 2014, I became a whistleblower who gave the SEC-OWB and DOJ et al., per NRC docket# 2015-0057-649, with the wrong letter attached, thanks for dropping the ball there too NRC, detailing a uranium fraud case for the ages, connected to RMBS fraud, that's connected to oil and gas derivative fraud, connected to uranium and water fraud, connected to the illegal transpott of uranium to unknown entities and their countries of origin for many years now. Meaning, you have a bigger problem coming your way than you ever could imagine. You think MOX is a problem now? Wait until I'm done with these nuts.Think Petrobras ...only bigger. Ask how it is that 2 companies who are under international investigation for fraud and corruption, AREYA and CBI, are getting more funding from our Congress with my tax dollars to build a plant that will over-run its budget by about 50 billion dollars? You think Petrobras is something ...wait until you hear what they did with this MOX build .they are going down. But they are too insulated to see the obvious, so they won't see it until Bsup171 o PC-074 pulled off schemes like this when he was a federal prison warden. My mom used to listen to their conversations in prison when she worked as a sis investigator for the feds. I grew up around people like this, and I know how they think. Which is why I told the SEC OWB et al., what "they" were thinking when they planned this... Lastly, as noted in my public comment on Yucca Mountain on 11/20/15, I'm the great-granddaughter of John Tilford of Nevada, and I said in that comment I would find out "why" the story didn't add up. FYI...I was bluffing. 1 already knew "why" when I wrote that. I know WHY. And so does the SEC OWB et al. And soon the world will too ...which means pretty soon your jobs will encompass the federally mandated activities your agency was created for, to serve the health and well-being of the public, not private industry. 074-1 Start now by saying no to this ridiculous proposal. Thank you. First Name: Meghan Middle Name: Last Name: Belaski City: Fort Collins Country: United States State or Province: Colorado Zip: 80521 Bsup172 PC-075 Comment: As an American Citizen I am 100% against this. Allowing the dumping of nuclear waste from another country is absurd. 075-1 Burying in concrete containers that will leak. This is beyond comprehension that this would even be considered. No to any proposition of accepting nuclear waste from any country, for any reason. First Name: Anonymous Middle Name: Anonymous Last Name: Anonymous City: Foresthill Country: United States State or Province: California Zip: 95631 Bsup173 PC-076 Comment: 076-1 We don't need to be the dumping ground for any more nuclear waste. First Name: William Middle Name: Last Name: Blackman III City: Round Country: United States State or Province: South Carolina ZIP/Postal Code: 29474 Bsup174 PC-077 Comment: This radioactive material being proposed to be shipped 077-1 thousands of miles and dumped in the US is not an acceptable plan. All nuclear waste materials need to be safely stored at the location where it is generated. Germany has been using and expanding the volume of 077-2 waste; therefore, the radioactive materials need to be safely disposed of in Germany. To compound the dangers and increase the 077-1 probability of the materials getting loose into the environment through the shipping process should not be undertaken. First Name: Barry Middle Name: Last Name: Miller City: Hinsdale Country: United States State or Province: New York ZIP/Postal Code: 14743 Bsup175 PC-078 Comment: Bad plan. Very bad plan. We don't even have a means of dealing with our own highly dangerous spent fuel and radioactive 078-1 waste. The WIPP project has proven to be a dismal failure, the Yucca Mtn. Project was killed. Reprocessing hasn't been proven to be a safe method for dealing with nuclear waste. Besides, why is all the Plutonium needed? Aren't there already more than enough nuclear weapons and nuclear waste lying around (accidents waiting to happen) to kill every living thing on the planet many times over. Nuclear is a FAILED TECHNOLOGY. Money would be better spent trying to figure out how to GET RlD OF THIS MESS. What a ridiculous plan. Let Germany deal 078-1 with its own nuclear waste. Or has the U.S. become the nuclear waste dump for the world? What kind of animal spoils its own nest? Don't you think your DNA is valuable enough to try and protect it by trying to get rid of all the harmful nuke waste? Or your children? Your wife, husband, parents, grandchildren? Everything else alive on earth with no voice and no input into this process? I smell money, lots of money. This must be someone's idea for getting lots of lucrative contracts. Foilow the money. First Name: Nancy Middle Name: Last Name: Stennes City: Sacramento Country: United States State or Province: California Zip: 95834 Bsup176 PC‐079 Comment: To those persons responsible, You people are categorized as "those who would destroy the earth", and im here to tell yous Jesus is coming to destroy you all. Your time is coming to its End REAL QUICK. And make no mistake about it, money cant save you, satan No Comments cant save you, lucifer cant save you. Whatever name its calling itself, IT CANT SAVE YOU. Repent and turn to Jesus while your soul can still be salvaged. You people are ABSOLUTELY OUT YOU FREAKIN MINDS!!! You ALL ARE partakers in this mass murder and will be Judged accordingly. The Lord rebuke you satan and all your gimps IN JESUS NAME-AMEN First Name: Pauline Middle Name: Last Name: Hogness City: Lincoln park Country: United States State or Province: Michigan Zip: 48146 Bsup177 PC-080 Comment: I am writing in suppott of the "2.2 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE Under the No Action Alternative, the spent nuclear fuel containing U.S.-origin uranium from the AVR and THTR would not be 080-1 transported to the United States for management and disposition. The spent nuclear fuel would remain in storage in Germany and the impacts described in Chapter 4 of this Draft EA would not occur." http:/!energy.gov/sites/prod/files/20I6/01/f28/Draft%20DOE%20 EA%201977_FOR%20PUBLIC.pdf Why would I want German nuclear waste to be dumped on my country? Why do you want it dumped on my country and to be buried there, only to leach into the waterways and corrode and blow-up? Clearly you do not consider America your country or homeland or you wouldn't accept this. Clearly you hate the land and the environment. Most of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. Some were American Indians. My ancestors are documented as in America for at least 400 years. You have no right to destroy my land. 99.5 to 100% of this nuclear waste isn't even US origin waste. This is a literal Nazi con-game. I protest the attempt to deceive everyone into thinking that this is the return of 900 pounds of HEU. This is false. This is the dumping of 200 tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste. You have not adequately clarified that the original HEU would have been only 1 gram out of 200 grams per nuclear fuel ball. That means 99.5% of this waste is definitely NOT US made. One million spent fuel balls at 200 g each works out to be 200 tonnes, which is the figure which German parliamentarian Oliver Krischer gives. And, yet, I do not find it in your document. You give the 200 grams as the graphite and imply that the HEU is much larger. However, the truth is found in the European Commission's "SIGMA-R: AN IMPROVED VERSION 080-2 OF THE DELAYED NEUTRON COUNTING DEVICE FOR "THTR" FUEL ELEMENT VERIFICA' by P. AGOSTINI, et. al This describes the contents of new AYR and THTR fuel balls in detail. They weigh 200 grams and only 1 gram was HEU. It is also found here: http://oliver-krischer.eu/fileadmin/user _upload/gruene_btf_kris cher/20 I 6/Brief_USA_NEPA_Atommuell.pdf. Mr. Krischer explains that some of these fuel balls are damaged and crushed due to nuclear accidents at the AVR and THTR facilites. He states that the waste balls are 96% German made. However, simple math tells us that 99.5% is NOT American made. Furthermore, NUKEM, which made the fuel, was one of the founding owners of URENCO, which 080-3 does uranium enrichment. Why would a company which does uranium enrichment import HEU? This tells me that little or none of the HEU in these nuclear waste balls is US origin. Thus, 99.5% to 100% is NOT American origin. Europe has had centrifuge enrichment since the 1960s so it is all probably European origin. Additionally, Juelich Research center, which currently houses part of the nuclear waste, is involved in research on uranium enrichment- building enrichment facilities. This reveals the con-game. You wish to remove spent nuclear fuel, which once contained 1 gram of HEU per 200 grams of fuel ball, from a place which is involved in uranium enrichment, and pretend that this is non-proliferation. Then you will eventually dilute and bury it in America. This is madness and it is a crime. You need to turn from your wicked, wicked ways, before it is too late for you and for the country. There are plants and animals in America. They cannot vote. They cannot protest against your environmental crimes. Ultimately it is God's land and you have no Bsup178 PC-080 right to try to destroy it like this. I protest the Draft EA's proposed plan to use dangerous substances and processes to melt the 080-1 radioactive waste and dilute it for burial. The proposal to mix uranium and aluminum into ingots appears very bad, as well. Aluminum is very reactive. All of you need to go get psychological help. You are not right in the head or you are evil. I protest the US government's efforts to turn America into a nuclear waste dump for the world. I furthermore protest your failure to care responsibly for American radioactive waste. Burial of radioactive waste is unacceptable. It must be monitored above ground and not buried or backfilled. Corrosion, corrosion, corrosion of metal drums and of their metallic contents. Concrete has a life-span and cracks. First Name: anonymous Middle Name: Last Name: anonymous City: anonymous Country: United States State or Province: South Carolina ZIP/Postal Code: 77777 Bsup179 PC-081 Comment: I oppose the importation and transport of spent nuclear waste from 081-1 Germany to be stored or otherwise "disposed" in the United States. We have more than enough nuclear waste already - with many attendant concerns and hazards - and we certainly do not need to be importing more from other countries. Also, the transport of such large amounts of nuclear waste poses public 081-2 health and environmental risks. I support the NO ACTION option of leaving it in Germany and keeping it out of the 081-1 United States!!! First Name: Diane Middle Name: Last Name: Beeny City: Westfield Country: United States State or Province: New Jersey ZIP/Postal Code: 07090 Bsup180 PC-082 Comment: ID: DOE_FRDOC_OOOl-3020 I support we use the No action alternative - leave the waste in Germany! This is an outrageous plan that should not and does not need to take 082-1 place. Germany already has that waste secured and it should stay there. We already have enough of our own highly radioactive waste in the USA, that we don't even have solutions for and the DOE already has plenty of clean up projects here they need to focus on and complete. Erica Gray First Name: Erica Middle Name: Last Name: Gray City: Henrico Country: United States State or Province: Virginia ZIP/Postal Code: 23229 Bsup181 PC-083 Comment: Leave the spent fuel in Germany, this is the best option for both 083-1 environmental and community health. First Name: Pamela Middle Name: Last Name: Schimmelpfennig City: Faichild Country: United States State or Province: Wisconsin ZIP/Postal Code: 54741 Bsup182 PC-084 Comment: NO! A thousand times no! Nuclear waste is a toxin, in human 084-1 terms, 'forever.' In the best scenario, it will need to be monitored from leaking into the environment and belongs in underground bunkers, monitored for decades or centuries. Do 084-2 not bring such toxic material into our country for deposition! There is no 'safe forever' containment that exists and we do not need to further risk contamination of our local 084-1 environments anywhere in the United States. NO! A thousand times NO! First Name: Marushka Middle Name: Last Name: France City: Redwood City Country: United States State or Province: California ZIP/Postal Code: 94062 Bsup183 PC-085 Comment: This is probably one of the most unintelligent ideas I have seen in my life. There is absolutely no logical reason that is material should be sent to America. 1) the potential safety and environment impact 085-1 of an accident during shipment should be seen as an absolute. 2) there would be absolutely no incentive for the great scientists/physicists in Germany to generate a safer alternative to nuclear waste storage if they are able to ship all of their waste to the US. 3) the storage facilities for nuclear waste are no more safe and possibly even less safe than those in Germany which are under 085-1 question. First Name: Erika Middle Name: Last Name: Sego City: Surprise Country: United States State or Province: Arizona ZIP/Postal Code: 85379 Bsup184 PC-086 Comment: I am absolutely opposed to this - NO foreign nuclear waste is acceptable! Germany needs to solve their own problems and deal 086-1 with their own waste instead of dumping it in other countries. We have enough issues with properly/safely handling our own waste. First Name: anonymous Middle Name: Anonymous Last Name: Anonymous City: Everett Conntry: United States State or Province: Washington ZIP/Postal Code: 98208 Bsup185 PC-087 Comment: The US has more than enough nuclear waste of our own with no clear plan on how to neutralize or safely store it for the 087-1 480,000 years or more that it will be dangerous (Plutonium half-life of 24,000 years times 20 half-life cycles to "go flat"). Add to that the dangers of transport over the oceans and then 087-2 overland on our decaying rail lines and you are looking at a recipe for potential disaster. We don't even know if we have the technology to handle whatever Germany did in 087-3 manufacturing these graphite balls - we don't have this kind of technology. When, oh when will we start waking up from the insanity of nuclear waste proliferation and realize that this technology is failed, deadly, and turning our entire country into a deadly nuke waste dump (e.g., all reactors, North St. Louis, Apollo Pennsylvania, spent fuel rods in EVERY nuclear reactor that has ever been built, uranium mining tailings, weapons manufacturing waste -- this is insane. Let Germany figure out a different resolution to their nuclear waste problem, no matter what Ike promised them back in the 087-4 l 950's. As a country, we've gone back on more important promises than that. Err on the side of the safety of the American people. Don't accept Germany's atomic waste. First Name: Libbe Middle Name: Last Name: HaLevy City: Los Angeles Country: United States State or Province: California ZIP/Postal Code: 91042 Bsup186 PC-088 Comment: I am extremely concerned about the US/German plans to reprocess and store about 200,000 kg of commercial German pebble fuel elements from nuclear power plants, possibly being sent to the U.S. The US environment can not 088-1 store its own nuclear used elements much less some from other countries. The general rule is that the waste has to remain in the country of its origin and should be enforced. Since there were several severe accidents in AVR reactor (which were hushed up for decades), the fuel elements are in a very bad shape and their reprocessing will probably 088-2 produce huge amounts of secondary waste which will hinder the intended cleaning of the SRS site...... First Name: anonymous Middle Name: Last Name: Anonymous City: Houma Country: United States State or Province: Louisiana ZIP/Postal Code: 70364 Bsup187 PC-089 Comment: Are you people CRAZY?????? Let Germany deal with its own 089-1 nuclear waste. First Name: Deb Middle Name: Last Name: Bledsoe City: Denham Springs Country: United States State or Province: Louisiana ZIP/Postal Code: 70726 Bsup188 PC-090 Comment: No, do not allow the transfer of spent nuclear fuel to the US from Germany or any other country. We have too much radioactive 090-1 pollution already, and we don't know what to do with the tons of spent fuel we already have from our nuclear plants and the weapons industries. The cost of nuclear power keeps rising, way past "too cheap to meter". But that was just another lie wasn't it? First Name: William Middle Name: Last Name: Martin City: Gilmer Country: United States State or Province: Texas ZIP/Postal Code: 75645 Bsup189 PC-091 Comment: What are you thinking ?. let Germany keep it's own Nuclear 091-1 Trash! First Name: mark Middle Name: Last Name: thompson City: robersonville Country: United States State or Province: North Carolina ZIP/Postal Code: 27871 Bsup190 PC-092 From: Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Germanspentnuclearfuelea] Draft EA for German SNF Tracy Williams, NEPA Compliance Officer Draft Spent Nuclear Fuel from Germany EA U. S. Department of Energy P.O. Box A Aiken, South Carolina 29802 Dear Ms. Williams, I am opposed to receipt of spent nuclear fuels from Germany to the Savannah River Plant. I have read SC DHEC's comments by Shelly Wilson and I completely agree with 092-1 this assessment. It is unacceptable to bring more spent nuclear fuel to SRP from Germany or any other foreign country until we have an exit strategy for this fuel after it is treated. SRP is not a suitable long term storage site for spent nuclear fuels, whether these fuels have been processed or are waiting to be processed. Larry Powell Hilton Head Island, SC Bsup191 PC-093 Oliver KrKrischerischer Member of the German BundestagBundestag Deputy Chairman of the AAlliancelliance 90/The Greens parliamentarypa rliamentary group OOlivetliver KKrischerrischer MdB Platz derder RepublikReDublik 1 11011 Berlin MS. Tracy Williams NEPANE PA Compliance OfficerOfficer U.S. Department of Energy P.O.O. Box80x B8 AikenAiken., South Carolinacarolina 29802 15IS February 2016 Comments on "Draft Environmental Assessment for the Ac ceptance and Disposition of Used Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S. Origin Highly Enriched Uranium from the Republic of Germany" Alliance 90/Thege/The Greens (DEAl(DEA) dealing with processing of German pebble bed NPP fuel parliamentary group elements at SRS Bundestag office In Berlin Platz der Republik 1 Dear MsMs.. Williams 11011 BerlinSerlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 227 - 72059 I am deeplydeepiy concerned about the US/German planspians to reprocess Fax:Fax: +49 (0)30 227 - 76056 and store about 200,000 kg of commercial German pebble fuel ele Email:Email : [email protected] ments from the nuclear power plants AVR Juelich (15 MWel) and THTR-300 (300 MWel)MWeil at SRS.5RS. The reasons for my comments are:are: Constituency office In DUrenOilren Friedrich-Ebert-Platz 13 • European Union and German laws do not allow the export 52351 DurenDOren of nuclear waste, except for proliferation relevant waste Tel.:Tel.: +49 (0)2421-189286 Fax: +49 (0)2421-189287 from neutron generating research reactors.reactors. The reasonable Email : general rule is that the waste has to remain in the country [email protected] of its origin. AVR and THTR are obviously no research reac tors and are not listed as research reactors by the InternaInterna Constituency office Inin Aachen FranzstralleFranzstraBe 34 tional Atomic Energy Agency, but as nuclear power plants. 52064 Aachen There are several legal expertizes, which underline this po oliverQl [email protected] sitionsition.. For that German environmental organisations as BUND (friends of the earth) and Greenpeace have an nounced legal actions in case of a transport of the German fuel to SRS. • Reprocessing of fuel elements is prohibited by law in Ger many for commercial fueifuel eiementselements.. Both, AVR and THTR were both owned and operated by commercial utilities (and THTR still is) and produced electricity (4.4 bn kWh) to the gridgrid.. For both German NPPs sister plants existed in the USUS:: Bsup192 PC-093 Peach Bottom HTGR for AVR and Fort SI.St. Vrain HTGR for THTR, and these US plants are consid ered as commercial in the US. The very poor performance of these German pebble bed NPP may not be taken as argument for non-existing commercial intentions: They were commercial NPPs. • There is no Significantsignificant proliferation risk for the AVR waste, as several expertizes (e.g(e.g.. from the NNSA 2013) indicate. In average the spent AVR waste does not contain HEU . A conditioning and final storage in Germany is possible. • The fuel elements were mainly (96 %) fabricated in Germany at Nukem, US origin is only the HEU content (830 kg). • As an independent official experts group outlined 2014, there were several severe aCcidentsaccidents in AVR reactor (which were hushed up for decades).decades). The fuel elements are thus in a very bad shape. Their reprocessing will probably produce huge amounts of secondary wastewaste,, which will hinder the intended cleaning of the SRS site. About 4 % of the THTR fuel elements are broken with probably similar consequencesconsequences.. • The German government has officially announced here in the past years that there are no plans to export the waste from THTR to the US,US, but only for the AVR and that they wonder about an "Draft Environmental AssessmentAssessment"" (DEA) by DOE for THTR waste. Having in mind that it seems that the German side has officiallyoffiCially supported the DEA for THTR waste tootoo,, we guess that the German export plans for the AVR waste are only the first step of an ecologically highly problem atic export of all German nuclear waste to other countries. Russia has already similar offers.offers. YoursYours sincerely, Oliver Krischer Bsup193 PC-094 March 6 2016 Tracy Williams NEPA Compliance Officer U .S. Department of Energy P.O. Box B Aiken, South Carolina 29802. Subject: Comments on Draft Spent Nuclear Fuel from Germany EA I am writing as a concerned citizen of South Carolina. I am an economist, having served many years on the faculty of the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. My research has included work on the energy sector and on the regulation of nuclear energy. My primary comment on the EA is that it fails to adequately consider the No Action Alternative that is, leaving the HEU in place in Germany. The summary of the EA states this alternative in the following way: "Under the No Action Alternative, the spent fuel would not be transported to the United States for management and disposition." (p.S2) The summary further states: "No Action Alternative The SNF containing U.S.-origin HEU from the AVR and THTR reactors would remain in 094-1 storage in Germany. It would not be transported to the United States for management and disposition. Because DOE would not undertake any actions involving the global commons, Joint Base Charleston- Weapons Station, or SRS under the No Action Alternative, there would be no additional impacts on these areas."(p. S9) While the draft EA refers to the no action alternative in this brief way, it fails to consider the incremental environmental risks and costs avoided by leaving the HEU in place in Germany. Transportation of HEU across the ocean and across South Carolina involves risks that the EA does 094-2 not address. For example, interception of shipments by terrorists is an increasingly possible outcome, and is not addressed in the EA. Both environmental risks and social costs are substantially increased once one of the action alternatives is selected, rather than the no action alternative. From an economic point of view, the costs and risks of transportation of Germany HEU to SRS are a waste of resources and a social waste. Germany has a well-developed nuclear industry and intends to develop a site for geological disposal of nuclear waste. Given those plans, Germany 094-1 could easily retain the HEU fuel for disposal in Germany, rather than imposing environmental risks on the world, the United States and on South Carolina. The EIA treatment of the no action alternative should spell out the fact that this alternative is entirely feasible and that it avoids the added cost and risk of ocean transportation, while having no negative incremental environmental impact. The Savannah River Site does not have the mission of permanent storage of nuclear waste. The primary mission of SRS at present is reducing the environmental risks of the liquid waste remaining from Cold War weapon production. This waste is being glassified and stored at SRS until the nation completes a long term disposal site, previously thought to be at Yucca Mountain, which may no longer be an option. Sending German nuclear waste to the SRS when no permanent 094-3 disposal site is available nationally is an environmental risk that is unfair to all Americans and especially to South Carolinians like me. Bsup194 PC-094 The draft EA devotes very little explicit coverage to the no action alternative. This treatment leaves the reader with the impression that the decision to select one of the action alternatives has already been made. The revisions to the draft EA should provide much more explicit coverage of 094-1 the no action alternative, and point out the social costs and environmental risks of the action alternatives in comparison to the no action alternative. The draft EA suggests that the environmental risk and environmental impact of the action alternatives is relatively small, but fails to point out that these impacts could be avoided altogether by selecting the no action alternative. Sincerely, Ronald P. Wilder, PhD Columbia, SC 29210 Bsup195 PC-095 c"h.ri"< E. 1""1;<'1. 01=<>< l'r9m~'i''t dml ,,,"Ira;,,, II.. JUd/,h .flIN ,../tIi' ANi 1M nw;r,mmmf March 1. 2016 Ms. Tracy Williams NEPA Com pliance Officer US Department of Energy P.O. 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I ' v e m e t 22 w i t h G e r m a n g o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s o n t w o o c c a s i o n s , a n d 23 I ' v e a c t u a l l y t o u c h e d o n e o f t h e c a s k s a n d g o n e i n t o t h e 24 r e a c t o r b u i l d i n g w h e r e t h e A V R r e a c t o r i s l o c a t e d . I ' m 25 g o n n a s u b m i t s o m e w r i t t e n c o m m e n t s a n d I ' m a l s o g o n n a Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup214 1 s u b m i t a s t a t e m e n t f r o m a l o c a l g r o u p , D o n ' t W a s t e A i k e n , 2 f o r t h e r e c o r d . 3 S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e W a t c h i s a l a r m e d t h a t 4 u n n e c e s s a r y p l a n s a r e c o n t i n u i n g t o i m p o r t s p e n t f u e l 5 f r o m G e r m a n y f o r r e p r o c e s s i n g a t t h e S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e . 6 T h e s e 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 g r a p h i t e b a l l s a r e f r o m t w o l o n g - c l o s e d 7 c o m m e r c i a l n u c l e a r p o w e r r e a c t o r s , a n d w e f e e l t h a t t h i s 8 a c t i o n m u s t b e t e r m i n a t e d . T h e i m p o r t a n d t h e 9 t e c h n o l o g i e s y o u ' v e s e e n p r e s e n t e d a r e h i g h l y s p e c u l a t i v e 10 a n d w i l l r e s u l t i n n e g a t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t s , a n d 1-1 11 a c t u a l l y c o u l d d a m a g e U . S . N u c l e a r N o n - P r o l i f e r a t i o n 12 P o l i c y . I ' m j u s t g o n n a r e a d a n u m b e r o f b u l l e t p o i n t s 13 t h a t a r e f u r t h e r e x p l a i n e d i n m y l o n g n o t e s , w h i c h I 14 w o u l d b e g l a d t o e m a i l t o a n y b o d y . T h e E u r o p e - - u n d e r 15 E u r o p e a n U n i o n a n d G e r m a n l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s , e x p o r t o f 16 n u c l e a r w a s t e , e x c e p t f o r p r o l i f e r a t i o n r e l e v a n t w a s t e 17 f o r r e s e a r c h r e a c t o r s , i s n o t a l l o w e d . L i k e w i s e , 18 r e p r o c e s s i n g o f c o m m e r c i a l f u e l e l e m e n t s i s p r o h i b i t e d b y 1-2 19 l a w i n G e r m a n y a s b o t h t h e A V R a n d T H T R w e r e n o t r e s e a r c h 20 r e a c t o r s . T h e s e w e r e e x p e r i m e n t a l p o w e r r e a c t o r s 21 c o n n e c t e d t o t h e g r i d . T h e e x p o r t o f s p e n t f u e l f r o m 22 t h e m i s n o t p e r m i t t e d . A l e g a l p r o c e s s h a s a l r e a d y b e g u n 23 b e f o r e t h e E U t o b l o c k t h e e x p o r t , a n d o n c e a n e x p o r t 24 l i c e n s e a p p l i c a t i o n i s a p p l i e d f o r , t h e r e w i l l b e m o r e 25 l e g a l p r o c e e d i n g s t o b e g i n i n G e r m a n y . T h i s i s g o n n a b e Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup215 1-2 1 h u n g u p f o r m a n y y e a r s . N e x t , t h e r e ' s b e e n n o n e e d 2 e s t a b l i s h e d t o d o t h i s . W e ' v e h e a r d t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n , 3 b u t t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l D r a f t a n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l A s s e s s m e n t 4 d o e s n o t r e a l l y s a y w h y t h i s n e e d s t o b e d o n e . W h i l e D O E 1-3 5 r h e t o r i c a l l y c l a i m s i n a f e w s e n t e n c e s t h a t t h e r e i s a 6 n e e d , t h e r e ' s r e a l l y n o e x p l a n a t i o n o f w h y w e n e e d t o 7 i m p o r t t h i s m a t e r i a l . I n t h e d o c u m e n t , D O E h a s r e j e c t e d 8 t h e o p t i o n o f d i r e c t d i s p o s a l o f t h e g r a p h i t e b a l l s , b u t 9 t h i s i s t h e o p t i o n t h a t G e r m a n y h a s b e e n p l a n n i n g t o 1-4 10 p u r s u e f o r d e c a d e s . I t w a s o n l y i n 2 0 1 2 t h a t t h i s 11 r e p r o c e s s i n g o p t i o n c a m e u p , a n d i f D O E w a n t s t o h e l p 12 G e r m a n y w i t h d i r e c t d i s p o s a l , t h a t ' s t o t a l l y f i n e . 13 D e s p i t e t h e c l a i m s i n t h e d r a f t d o c u m e n t t h a t t h e p r o j e c t 14 i s b e i n g p u r s u e d f o r n u c l e a r n o n - p r o l i f e r a t i o n r e a s o n s , 1-5 15 t h e D O E ' s N a t i o n a l N u c l e a r S e c u r i t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s 16 e s t a b l i s h e d t h e r e i s n o n u c l e a r n o n - p r o l i f e r a t i o n 17 c o n c e r n , a n d I ' v e g i v e n t h i s m e m o t o s e v e r a l o f y o u . 18 M R . B R O W N : Y o u ' v e g o t a m i n u t e l e f t . 19 M R . C L E M E N T S : O k a y . W e a s s e s s e d t h i s m a t e r i a l i s 20 l o w a t t r a c t i v e n e s s , w h i c h o n l y r e q u i r e s c a t e g o r y f o u r 1-5 21 s e c u r i t y p r o t e c t i o n . W e a l s o a s s e s s e d t h e m a t e r i a l i s 22 n o t a t t r a c t i v e t o s u b - s t a t e t e r r o r i s t e n t i t i e s i n i t s 23 c u r r e n t s t a t e . S i n c e t h e m a t e r i a l i s s t o r e d i n a s e c u r e d 24 e n v i r o n m e n t i n a p o l i t i c a l l y s t a b l e c o u n t r y , i t i s n o t a 25 p r o l i f e r a t i o n c o n c e r n . I c h a l l e n g e a n y o n e i n h e r e a n d Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup216 1 DOE to counter what NNSA has said about the proliferation 1-5 2 concern and why this project is being pursued if there's 3 a claim of nuclear non-proliferation. And just in 4 closing, I want to say two things: that the biggest thing 5 of concern to me is that this is part of the tip of the 6 spear to import more nuclear materials to Savannah River 7 Site. With the waste burden already at the Site, we 1-6 8 don't need that. The development of the reprocessing 9 techniques, to me, is the biggest proliferation threat 10 here, but DOE has refused to do a nuclear non- 11 proliferation impact assessment on development of those 12 reprocessing options. 13 MR. BROWN: Okay. 14 MR. CLEMENTS: Finally, the Environmental Assessment 1-7 15 should be cancelled and the whole proposal should be 16 terminated. Thank you very much. 17 MR. BROWN: Thank you. Suzanne Rhodes is next and 18 Pamela Greenlaw will follow her. 19 MS. RHODES: Okay. Thank you very much. I 20 appreciate the opportunity to speak. I represent the 21 League of Women Voters of South Carolina. The League's 22 been concerned about SRS for about fourteen years, longer 23 than I've been involved in it. I'm gonna give some 24 written comments to be added to my spoken comments here. 25 Our concern is why so much interest around the world is Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup217 1 c o m i n g - - w a s t e a r e c o m i n g t o S R S . E u r a t o m , E - u - r - a - t - o - 2 m , t h e E u r o p e a n A t o m i c G r o u p a n d t h e W o r l d N u c l e a r 3 A s s o c i a t i o n , a m o n g o t h e r s , h a v e c l e a r l a w s a n d p o l i c i e s 4 t h a t t h e c o u n t r y t h a t o r i g i n a t e s w a s t e t a k e s c a r e o f i t . 5 G e r m a n y , U K , F r a n c e , a n d J a p a n a l l h a v e t h e i r e y e s o n 6 S R S , a n d t h e y ' r e a l l p o t e n t i a l l e a d e r s i n t h e i r r e g i o n s 7 f o r t a k i n g c a r e o f t h e c o u n t r y ' s w a s t e t h e r e . T h e r e ' s n o 8 g o o d r e a s o n f o r t h e s e c o u n t r i e s t o d u m p a t S R S . N o w , 9 t h e r e a r e j o b s a t S R S a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h i s , b u t l e t ' s 10 t h i n k a b o u t t h e b i g p i c t u r e . I w a n t y o u t o u s e t h i s p a r t 11 o f y o u r b r a i n a n d n o t y o u r t e c h n i c a l t h i n g , p l e a s e , 12 b e c a u s e w e ' r e i n t e r e s t e d i n p u b l i c p o l i c y i s s u e s a n d t h e 13 i m p l i c a t i o n s o f w h a t ' s g o i n g o n . A c c o r d i n g t o a r e c e n t 14 N R C d o c u m e n t t h a t I h a v e f o o t n o t e d i n m y r e p o r t , r e s e a r c h 15 a n d t e s t r e a c t o r s b y d e f i n i t i o n d o n o t p r o d u c e 16 e l e c t r i c i t y . T h e U . S . h a s a b o u t 3 1 r e s e a r c h a n d t e s t 17 r e a c t o r s f o r a v a r i e t y o f p u r p o s e s . T h e r e a r e a b u n c h 18 m o r e t h a t w e n t a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y f o r a s a p a r t o f A t o m s 19 f o r P e a c e b a c k i n t h e E i s e n h o w e r d a y . O n e o f t h o s e 20 s h i p m e n t s w a s j u s t r e c e i v e d b a c k a t S R S . A n d I w a n t - - 21 i t ' s s o m e w h e r e i n S o u t h e r n A f r i c a o n - - I w a n n a s a y 22 R h o d e s i a , b u t I c a n ' t r e m e m b e r . A n y h o w , t h o s e r e s e a r c h 23 r e a c t o r s t h a t w e n t o u t f o r s t u d y a n d w e r e n ' t d e v e l o p e d 24 f u r t h e r , l e g i t i m a t e l y c a m e b a c k a n d T h e L e a g u e o f W o m e n 25 V o t e r s s a y s t h a t ' s n o n - p r o l i f e r a t i o n , a n d w e n e e d t o g e t Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup218 1 t h o s e s c a t t e r e d w a s t e b a c k h e r e t a k e n c a r e o f . T h e r e a r e 2 9 9 o p e r a t i n g c o m m e r c i a l r e a c t o r s i n t h i s c o u n t r y . W e 3 h a v e a b u n c h m o r e , m a y b e h a l f t h a t m a n y t h a t h a v e a l s o 4 b e e n l i c e n s e d , o p e r a t e d b r i e f l y o r n o t a t a l l . W e h a v e a 5 p e b b l e r e a c t o r . A l t h o u g h t h e i n d u s t r y ' s l e a r n e d f r o m 6 t h e s e r e a c t o r s , w e d o n ' t c a l l t h e m r e s e a r c h r e a c t o r s a n d 7 n e i t h e r s h o u l d G e r m a n y . T h e G e r m a n r e a c t o r s p r o d u c e d 8 a b o u t 3 1 m i l l i o n - - m e g a w a t t s o f e l e c t r i c i t y o v e r a l m o s t 2-1 9 a 2 0 y e a r p e r i o d . B y d e f i n i t i o n t h e y d i d - - t h e y 10 p r o d u c e d e l e c t r i c i t y , s o t h e y ' r e n o t r e s e a r c h r e a c t o r s , 11 a n d t h i s i s w h e r e t h e f i n e l i n e i s . 12 M R . B R O W N : Y o u h a v e o n e m i n u t e l e f t . 13 M S . R H O D E S : O k a y . A r e w e t a l k i n g a b o u t U . S . o r i g i n 14 f u e l ? O h m y G o d , W e s t i n g h o u s e h a s p r o v i d e d r e a c t o r s f o r 15 h a l f t h e r e a c t o r s i n t h e w o r l d . I t ' s n o t w h e r e t h e f u e l 16 o r t h e m i n i n g w a s , i t ' s t h e c o u n t r y o f o r i g i n . T h e 17 L e a g u e o f W o m e n V o t e r s i s w o n d e r i n g w h a t ' s r e a l l y g o i n g 2-2 18 o n . D O E h e a d q u a r t e r s i s p u s h i n g t h i s G e r m a n s h i p m e n t . 19 N R C h e a d q u a r t e r s w a s i n v o l v e d i n a s e c r e t s h i p m e n t o f 20 E x e l o n c o m m e r c i a l w a s t e f r o m I l l i n o i s t o h e r e . J a p a n e s e 21 p l u t o n i u m t h a t c a m e l a r g e l y f r o m t h e U K i s d e s t i n e d t o 22 c o m e h e r e . T h e s e l e a d e r s n e e d t o b e p u s h i n g C o n g r e s s t o 23 g e t s e r i o u s a b o u t p e r m a n e n t r e p o s i t o r y . T h a n k y o u v e r y 24 m u c h . 25 M R . B R O W N : T h a n k y o u . O k a y . P a m e l a G r e e n l a w . Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup219 1 E l a i n e C o o p e r w i l l b e n e x t . 2 M S . G R E E N L A W : M y n a m e i s P a m e l a G r e e n l a w . I ' m 3 c o m i n g a s a n i n d i v i d u a l c o n c e r n e d c i t i z e n . M y c o m m e n t s 4 a r e - - s o m e o f t h e m a r e a c t u a l l y q u e s t i o n s , w h i c h I h a v e 5 t o a s k i n a d i f f e r e n t v e n u e , b u t i t d o e s n ' t s e e m t o m e t o 3-1 6 m a k e a l o t o f s e n s e t o s a y w e h a v e a n e w H T G R f u e l 7 d i g e s t i o n p r o c e s s a n d t h e r e ' s n o p r o t o t y p e , w h i c h m e a n s 8 t h e r e ' s n o d a t a . I f y o u h a v e n o d a t a , y o u c a n ' t a n a l y z e 9 i t . I f y o u c a n ' t a n a l y z e i t , y o u c a n n o t p r e d i c t t h e 10 e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t . T h a t ' s a n o g o . T h a t ' s j u s t - - 11 I ' m s o r r y . I ' m a n e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l t e a c h e r . M y k i d s 12 w o u l d n ' t h a v e l e t m e g e t a w a y w i t h t h a t k i n d o f t h i n k i n g 13 a t a l l . M y s e c o n d c o m m e n t , a n d I m a y h a v e m i s h e a r d i t . 14 I h e a r d i n t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n t h a t t h i s i s a 9 5 p e r c e n t 3-2 15 r e d u c t i o n o f f u e l v o l u m e . I t ' s n o t . I t ' s a r e d u c t i o n o f 16 t h e v o l u m e , b u t i t ' s n o t a r e d u c t i o n o f f u e l . T h e c a r b o n 17 s l e e v e i s n o t f u e l . S o t h e y ' r e t r y i n g t o d o a r a z z l e - 18 d a z z l e , s o c k - e m q u i c k , t a - t a - t a - t a - t a m a g i c s h o w . D o n ' t 19 b u y i t . T h e y ' r e g o n n a h a v e t o r e a l l y b e r e a l w i t h u s . 20 P l e a s e b e r e a l w i t h u s . Y o u h a v e b e e n i n m a n y o f y o u r 21 d i s p l a y s . L e t ' s c o n t i n u e t h a t s c i e n t i f i c a s p e c t . I h a v e 22 a q u e s t i o n a b o u t y o u r a i r q u a l i t y s l i d e t h a t t h e r e w o u l d 3-3 23 b e m i n o r c h a n g e s i n t h e c r i t e r i a t h a t a i r p o l l u t a n t s m a y 24 r e q u i r e m o d i f i c a t i o n o f t h e C l e a n A i r A c t p e r m i t . W e 25 n e e d a d e t a i l e d e x p l a n a t i o n o f w h a t y o u m e a n b y t h e Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup220 1 c r i t e r i a . W e a l s o n e e d t o k n o w w h a t t h i s m o d i f i c a t i o n o f 3-3 2 t h e a i r - - C l e a n A i r A c t P e r m i t i s . W e n e e d d e t a i l s . W e 3 c a n ' t - - 4 M R . B R O W N : O n e m i n u t e . 5 M S . G R E E N L A W : O k a y . T h a n k y o u . Y e a h , I ' m 6 f i n i s h i n g u p . T h e n o - a c t i o n a l t e r n a t i v e o f k e e p i n g i t i n 3-4 7 G e r m a n y d o e s n o t - - I d o n ' t - - a n d I m a y h a v e m i s h e a r d 8 a g a i n , b u t d o e s i t r e a l l y p r e c l u d e u s f r o m g i v i n g t h e m 9 a s s i s t a n c e t o k e e p t h e f u e l w h e r e i t i s i n G e r m a n y ? 10 T h a n k y o u . 11 M R . B R O W N : T h a n k y o u . E l a i n e C o o p e r . D a w n G i l l a s 12 w i l l b e n e x t . 13 M S . C O O P E R : H e l l o . I ' m E l a i n e C o o p e r f r o m 14 C o l u m b i a , S o u t h C a r o l i n a . I h a v e l i v e d i n S o u t h C a r o l i n a 15 f o r a b o u t 3 7 , 3 8 y e a r s . I a m l i v e s t r e a m i n g t h i s e v e n t 16 o n P e r i s c o p e f o r m o r e o f t h e p u b l i c t o p a r t i c i p a t e . W e 17 h a v e s e v e r a l v i e w e r s h e r e t o n i g h t w h o h a v e b e e n w r i t i n g 18 i n t h e i r r e v i e w s . B e c a u s e w e d o n ' t h a v e m u c h o f t h e 19 p u b l i c h e r e t o n i g h t , w e d o n ' t r e a l l y h a v e t h e f i r s t 20 p o p u l a t i o n h e r e t h a t r e p r e s e n t s S o u t h C a r o l i n a . H e y , c a n 21 w e h a v e a s h o w o f h a n d s o f p e o p l e w h o a r e h e r e w h o h a v e 22 n o f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t , t h a t t h e y d o n ' t h a v e a j o b a t 23 S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e o r t h e y w e r e n ' t e m p l o y e d ? C a n w e 24 h a v e a s h o w o f h a n d s ? S o y o u c a n s e e t h e r e ' s a l m o s t 25 r e a l l y n o t m a n y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e p u b l i c , s o I h o p e Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup221 1 y o u d o h a v e m o r e m e e t i n g s t o n i g h t . A n d s o i t s i m p l y 2 s a i d , I a m a m e m b e r o f t h e S i e r r a C l u b , a n d I a m f r a n k l y 3 s h o c k e d t h a t w e w o u l d e v e n c o n s i d e r w a s t e c o m i n g i n f r o m 4-1 4 G e r m a n y o r a n y o t h e r o u t - o f - c o u n t r y , o u t - o f - s t a t e i n t o 5 S o u t h C a r o l i n a . W e h a v e e n o u g h w a s t e h e r e . T h a n k y o u 6 f o r m y c h i l d r e n , a n d m y g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d y o u r 7 g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d a l l t h e c o m m u n i t y w h o i s n o t 8 r e p r e s e n t e d h e r e t o n i g h t . 9 M R . B R O W N : O k a y . T h a n k s v e r y m u c h . D a w n G i l l a s 10 a n d D o n a l d B r i d g e s w i l l b e n e x t . 11 M S . G I L L A S : I ' m D a w n G i l l a s , a m e m b e r o f t h e 12 p u b l i c . T h e f i r s t t h i n g I w a n n a s a y i s i t ' s t h e U . 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T h e p r o p o s e d w o r k w i l l b e 19 c a r r i e d o u t s a f e l y b y w e l l - t r a i n e d o p e r a t o r s w h o 20 r o u t i n e l y w o r k w i t h n u c l e a r m a t e r i a l s i n s a f e , w e l l - 6-4 21 c o n t r o l l e d c o n d i t i o n s . T h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t w i l l b e 22 n e g l i g i b l e a s d e t e r m i n e d b y a v e r y t h o r o u g h l y e x h a u s t i v e 23 s t u d y . F u r t h e r , t h e e n t i r e w o r k - s c o p e w i l l b e f u n d e d b y 24 t h e G e r m a n s o f f e r i n g a s i g n i f i c a n t e c o n o m i c b o o m t o t h e 6-3 con’t 25 a r e a w i t h a p r o g r a m t h a t w i l l c o s t a s m u c h a s s e v e r a l Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup224 1 h u n d r e d m i l l i o n d o l l a r s o v e r a f o u r t o s i x y e a r p e r i o d . 6-3 2 I t ' s m u c h n e e d e d . 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W e j u s t h a v e t o m a k e s u r e t h a t i t 15 c o n t i n u e s t o f l o w u n t i l t h a t p r o d u c t i s d i s p o s i t i o n e d o u t 16 o f S o u t h C a r o l i n a . M o s t i m p o r t a n t l y , t h e f i n a l 17 d i s p o s i t i o n o f t h i s m a t e r i a l h a s t o b e f o r m a l i z e d . W e 18 h a v e t o h a v e s o m e w h e r e f o r i t t o g o . A s a c i t i z e n , I a m 19 a p p a l l e d t h a t w e w o u l d c o n t i n u e t o s t o c k p i l e t h i n g s , a d d 8-2 20 t o t h e h i g h - l e v e l w a s t e t a n k s . T h a t ' s , i n m y o p i n i o n , 21 u n a c c e p t a b l e . T h e t a n k s a r e a g e d . W e ' r e i n t h e p r o c e s s 22 o f c l e a n i n g t h e m u p s o t h e y c a n b e s y s t e m a t i c a l l y c l o s e d . 23 C o n t i n u a l l y a d d i n g m o r e a n d m o r e t o t h o s e w a s t e t a n k s i s 24 n o t i n o u r b e s t i n t e r e s t . 25 M R . B R O W N : O n e m i n u t e . Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup228 1 M R . K A M I N S K Y : T h a n k y o u . A n d o n c e w e d o f i n d a 2 f i n a l d i s p o s i t i o n s i t e , l e t ' s t a k e s o m e o f t h e r e s t o f 3 t h e w a s t e w i t h i t . S R S s h o u l d b e u s i n g s o m e o f t h i s a s 8-2 4 l e v e r a g e t o n e g o t i a t e t o g e t s o m e o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t Con’t 5 w e ' v e b e e n p r o m i s e d t o g e t o f f o f o u r l a n d f o r m a n y , m a n y 6 y e a r s t o h a v e i t g o w i t h i t . W e h a v e a l a r g e b a c k l o g o f 7 t h i n g s t o c l e a n u p a t t h e S i t e . W e c e r t a i n l y d o n ' t 8 n e c e s s a r i l y n e e d m o r e . T h i s i s a v i a b l e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r 9 t h e S i t e t o c o n t i n u e i t s o p e r a t i o n s . 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L A W L E S S : H i , m y n a m e i s B i l l L a w l e s s . I t e a c h 19 a t P a i n e C o l l e g e . I l i v e i n A u g u s t a , G e o r g i a . I 20 r e c o m m e n d t h a t w e t a k e t h e G e r m a n ' s s p e n t n u c l e a r f u e l 21 f o r s e v e r a l r e a s o n s . F i r s t o f f , t h e S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e 17-1 22 i s t e c h n i c a l l y q u a l i f i e d . Y o u ' v e g o t e n h a n c e d j o b s a t 23 t h e S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e . I t w o u l d k e e p H - C a n y o n , i f 24 t h a t ' s t h e o p t i o n c h o s e n , a c t i v e . H - C a n y o n i s o n e o f t h e 25 n a t i o n ' s t o p a s s e t s i n t h i s a r e a a n d i t ' s s o m e t h i n g t h a t Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup247 17-1 1 w e s h o u l d k e e p a c t i v e . S R S h a s t h e t o p s a f e t y r e c o r d . Con’t 2 S R S h a s t h e t o p e n v i r o n m e n t a l r e c o r d . 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W e l l , w e a l r e a d y h a v e - - y o u 2 k n o w , t h e y t h o u g h t b y n o w w e w o u l d f i g u r e o u t t h e 3 c o m m e r c i a l w a s t e p r o b l e m . Y u c c a M o u n t a i n h a s f a i l e d . I 4 k n o w p e o p l e s a y i t ' s a b o u t p o l i t i c s ; n o , i t ' s b e c a u s e i t 5 w i l l l e a k . W I P P h a s h a d a f i r e . W e h a v e p r o b l e m s w i t h 6 W I P P a n d i t w a s n o t d e s i g n e d t o t a k e t h e h i g h - - t h e 7 p l u t o n i u m l e g a c y w a s t e s t h a t a r e p l a n n e d t o b e s e n t 8 t h e r e . S o w e s t i l l h a v e n o t f i g u r e d o u t t h i s p r o b l e m a n d 18-1 9 w e p r o b a b l y w o n ' t f i g u r e o u t t h a t p r o b l e m a n y t i m e s o o n Con’t 10 w i t h t h i s n e w G e r m a n H E U w a s t e . 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T h a t w o u l d b e 20 a n i m p a c t . T h a t ' s o n e o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t I w o u l d s a y i f 21 w e w e r e r e a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e i m p a c t , l i t t l e h a s a 22 g r e a t d e a l w h e n y o u ' r e t a l k i n g t o w h o m e v e r y o u ' r e 23 s p e a k i n g t o , a n d t h e w o r d l i t t l e m a y h a v e a d i f f e r e n t 24 m e a n i n g . I t c o u l d m e a n h u g e . I t h a s a h u g e i m p a c t o n 25 t h o s e w h o a r e w i t h c h i l d r e n , t h o s e w h o a r e l o o k i n g f o r Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup253 1 c h i l d r e n , t h o s e w h o d e s i r e t o h a v e g o o d j o b s , a n d b y t h e 2 w a y , i t ' s n o t a b o u t j o b s . I t ' s n o t a b o u t j o b s . I t ' s 3 a b o u t t h e a l m i g h t y d o l l a r . I f w e g o t a w a y w i t h t h e 4 d o l l a r t h e n w e o k a y w i t h t h e j o b . 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W e ' r e Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup254 1 b a s e d i n G e o r g i a , a n d w e ' v e c o m e o v e r t o n i g h t b e c a u s e 2 S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e a f f e c t s G e o r g i a n ' s , t o o . W e h a v e 3 m o r e t h a n a t h o u s a n d m e m b e r s i n o u r G r a s s r o o t s G r o u p i n 4 G e o r g i a a n d S o u t h C a r o l i n a . W e s a y , n o n u c l e a r w a s t e 5 i m p o r t s t o S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e . T h e G e r m a n s a r e a l r e a d y 21-1 6 d e a l i n g w i t h t h e s e p e b b l e s v e r y e f f e c t i v e l y i n r o b u s t 7 c a s k s a s w a s t e . W h a t w e h a v e s e e n t o n i g h t f r o m t h e 8 E n v i r o n m e n t A s s e s s m e n t i s s k e t c h y p l a n s t o t r a n s p o r t a n d 9 p r o c e s s t h e s p e n t G e r m a n f u e l t o m a k e i t i n t o w a s t e . 10 N o w , t h e N N S A s a y s i t ' s n o t a t e r r o r i s t t h r e a t . W e ' v e 11 d e s c r i b e d v e r y h a r d a n d i f f y m a y b e p r o c e s s e s t o g e t t h o s e 12 g r a i n s o u t o f s o m e w a s t e t h a t i s p r o t e c t i n g i t r i g h t n o w . 13 W e d o n ' t k n o w t h a t o u r g o v e r n m e n t - - u n l e s s w e g e t p h a s e 21-2 14 t w o g o i n g a n d t h o s e m i l l i o n s m o r e d o l l a r s , w e d o n ' t k n o w 15 i f w e c a n g e t t h o s e g r a i n s o u t , w h y d o w e t h i n k 16 t e r r o r i s t s c a n g e t t h o s e l i t t l e i t t y - b i t t y g r a i n s o u t a n d 17 m o u n t t h e m u p a n d h u r t u s ? I t ' s i l l e g a l i n G e r m a n y t o 18 e x p o r t t h e w a s t e . A l i t t l e r e s p e c t f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l 21-3 19 l a w . 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W e 17 n e e d t o g e t o n w i t h i t . T h e r e ' s w o r k t o b e d o n e . 18 G e r m a n y i s s o p h i s t i c a t e d . T e c h n i c a l l y , t h e y a r e d o i n g a 21-1 19 r e a l l y g o o d j o b c o n t a i n i n g t h e w a s t e n o w . T h e n o - a c t i o n Con’t 20 a l t e r n a t i v e i s t h e o n e . T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h . 21 M R . B R O W N : T h a n k y o u . G l o r i a T a t u m a n d B e t s y 22 R i v a r d w i l l f o l l o w G l o r i a . 23 M S . T A T U M : G o o d e v e n i n g . M y n a m e ' s G l o r i a T a t u m . 24 I ' m a n i n d i v i d u a l c i t i z e n , a n d t h e S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e 22-1 25 m u s t n o t b e c o m e a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l n u c l e a r w a s t e d u m p . Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup256 1 T h i s i s a w e t , r a i n y a r e a w h e r e g r o u n d w a t e r i n s o m e 2 p l a c e s i s o n l y a f e w f e e t b e l o w t h e g r o u n d . 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T h i s i s a 6 s h a m e f u l w a y t o m a k e m o n e y b y e n d a n g e r i n g t h e h e a l t h o f 22-4 7 c i t i z e n s , f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s , a n d t h e e n v i r o n m e n t . 8 A n y o n e w h o t e l l s y o u t h e r e i s l i t t l e r i s k o f i n c r e a s e d 9 c a n c e r f r o m m o r e n u c l e a r w a s t e , t h e y a r e l y i n g t o y o u . 10 T h a n k y o u . 11 M R . B R O W N : O k a y . B e t s y R i v a r d a n d S u s a n C o r b e t t . 12 M S . R I V A R D : H i . I ' m B e t s y R i v a r d a n d I ' m f r o m 13 A t l a n t a . T h e r e h a v e b e e n s o m e g r e a t c o m m e n t s . I d o n ' t 14 k n o w i f I c a n a d d a n y t h i n g t o t h e w o n d e r f u l c o m m e n t s t h a t 15 h a v e b e e n m a d e , b u t I a m f o r t h e n o - a c t i o n a l t e r n a t i v e . 16 I t h i n k t h a t t h e G e r m a n w a s t e s h o u l d s t a y i n G e r m a n y . 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T h a n k s . 10 M R . B R O W N : O k a y . T h a n k y o u . N e x t , R o b e r t G u l d , 11 a n d R e v e r e n d B r e n d o l y n J e n k i n s B o s e m a n w i l l f o l l o w 12 R o b e r t . 13 M R . G U L D : M y n a m e i s B o b G u l d . I p r a c t i c e 14 E n v i r o n m e n t a l L a w i n C o l u m b i a , S o u t h C a r o l i n a , a n d I 15 v o l u n t e e r w i t h t h e S i e r r a C l u b . I w a n n a s p e a k a g a i n s t 27-1 16 t h i s p r o p o s a l a n d u r g e t h a t t h e D O E r e j e c t t h i s n o t i o n o f 17 b r i n g i n g G e r m a n n u c l e a r w a s t e t o S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e . I 18 w a n t t o e n d o r s e t h e c o m m e n t s I h e a r d f r o m m a n y o t h e r s . I 19 w o n ' t a t t e m p t t o r e p e a t t h e m . T h o s e o p p o s e d i n t h i s 20 i d e a . T h e p o i n t I w a n t t o m a k e i s t h i s r e p r e s e n t s i n m y 21 v i e w a f u n d a m e n t a l b r e a c h o f f a i t h b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f 22 E n e r g y w i t h t h e p e o p l e o f S o u t h C a r o l i n a . T h e y p r o m i s e d 23 u s t h a t t h e r e w a s a n e x i t s t r a t e g y f o r t h e h i g h l e v e l 27-2 24 n u c l e a r w a s t e a c c u m u l a t i n g i n t h e s e c o r r o d i n g , l e a k i n g 25 s t e e l t a n k s , a n d w h e n t h e y a g r e e d t o t a k e m o r e o f t h i s a t Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup266 1 a p o i n t w h e r e t h e y a r e b e h i n d s c h e d u l e a n d w h e r e t h e y 27-2 2 r e f u s e t o m e e t t h e i r e x i s t i n g c o m m i t m e n t s t o s a f e l y Con’t 3 m a n a g e t h e h i g h l e v e l w a s t e a c c u m u l a t e d a l r e a d y a t t h e 4 S i t e , t h a t r e p r e s e n t s a f u n d a m e n t a l b r e a c h o f f a i t h . 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I 10 h e a r d s o m e o n e s a y t h a t r i s k a s s e s s m e n t s t h a t a r e b a s e d o n 11 n o a c t u a l h i s t o r i c e x p e r i e n c e a n d c a n ' t b e f i e l d v e r i f i e d 12 a r e n o t o f a n y v a l u e , a n d I t h i n k t h e m o r e t h a n a 27-3 13 t h o u s a n d f o r m e r D e p a r t m e n t o f E n e r g y S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e 14 w o r k e r s w h o d i e d w a i t i n g f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r t h e 15 i n j u r i e s c a u s e d b y e x p o s u r e t o r a d i o a c t i v e m a t e r i a l s a n d 16 o t h e r t o x i n s w h i l e w o r k i n g a t t h i s f a c i l i t y , o u g h t t o 17 c o u n t f o r s o m e t h i n g i n y o u r r i s k c a l c u l a t i o n i n s t e a d o f 18 t h e n e a r z e r o v a l u e t h a t y o u h a v e p u t b y w o r k e r a n d 19 p u b l i c h e a l t h r i s k s . T h a t t h e y m a y p u t t h e l i e t o t h i s 20 E n v i r o n m e n t a l A s s e s s m e n t a n d y o u n e e d t o r e c o n s i d e r i t . 21 I n S i e r r a C l u b ' s e x p e r i e n c e , t h i s r e p r e s e n t s y e t a n o t h e r 22 t r a i l o f a s e r i e s o f f a i l e d t e c h n o l o g i e s , t h e l e a k i n g 23 t a n k s , t h e l e a k i n g C h e m N u c l e a r l o w l e v e l w a s t e b u r i a l 24 g r o u n d t h a t ' s a l r e a d y c o n t a m i n a t i n g s u r f a c e s t r e a m s , 25 h a v i n g l e f t a p l u m e o f t r i t i u m o v e r a h a l f m i l e o u t s i d e Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup267 1 o f t h e b u r i a l t r e n c h e s . 2 M R . B R O W N : Y o u h a v e o n e m i n u t e l e f t . 3 M R . G U L D : T h e f a i l u r e t o d e m o n s t r a t e a n e e d f o r 4 t h i s p r o p o s a l w h e r e t h e G e r m a n s a r e m a n a g i n g i t j u s t f i n e 5 i n s e c u r e d c a s k s , y o u w a n t t o c o n v e r t t h i s m a t e r i a l 27-4 6 t h a t ' s n o w s a f e a n d s e c u r e i n s o l i d f o r m i n t o a l i q u i d i n 7 t h e H - C a n y o n ? T h a t i s i n s a n e . T h e r e i s n o p r o l i f e r a t i o n 8 r i s k . T h e r e ' s a f l a w e d c o s t a n a l y s i s . T h i s r e p r e s e n t s 9 S R S m i s s i o n c r e e p i n t h e m o s t e x t r e m e . A n d w e h e a r d t h e 10 h o n e s t a n s w e r f r o m s o m e b o d y w i t h t h e b o o s t e r s h e r e : 11 h u n d r e d s o f m i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s o v e r s e v e r a l y e a r s t o 12 m a n a g e t h i s s t u f f . T h a t ' s w h a t ' s r e a l l y t h i s i s a b o u t . 13 T h i s i s a b o u t t r y i n g t o c r e a t e a m i s s i o n w h e n y o u s h o u l d 14 b e c l e a n i n g u p t h e m e s s y o u a l r e a d y h a v e , a n d t h e n a l l 15 y o u b r i g h t f o l k s w h o w o r k o u t t h e r e , t u r n y o u r t a l e n t s t o 27-5 16 r e s e a r c h i n g c l e a n e n e r g y , c l e a n t e c h n o l o g y . L e t ' s d o 17 s o m e t h i n g g o o d a t S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e i n s t e a d o f 18 p r o l i f e r a t i n g n u c l e a r w a s t e . T h a n k y o u . 19 M R . B R O W N : O k a y . T h e R e v e r e n d B r e n d o l y n J e n k i n s 20 B o s e m a n . 21 R E V . B O S E M A N : G o o d e v e n i n g . I a m R e v e r e n d 22 B r e n d o l y n J e n k i n s B o s e m a n . I ' m a l o c a l p a s t o r i n 23 A u g u s t a , G e o r g i a , a n d I s e r v e a s t h e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r 24 o f t h e I m m a n i G r o u p , a c o m m u n i t y b a s e d n o n - p r o f i t w h e r e 25 o n e o f o u r p r o g r a m m a t i c a r e a s i s e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e . Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup268 1 I s e r v e a s a c o m m u n i t y p a r t n e r o n e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e 2 i s s u e s a t S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e f o r t h e E P A , a n d I ' m a 3 f o r m e r C o - C h a i r o f t h e S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e C i t i z e n ' s 4 A d v i s o r y B o a r d , a n d t o m y b r o t h e r a n d m y c o l l e a g u e , I d i d 5 l e a r n s o m e t h i n g . I t h a n k y o u f o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o 6 s t a n d t o n i g h t t o v o i c e m y a d a m a n t o p p o s i t i o n o n t h e 7 r e c e p t i o n a n d s t o r a g e o f a d d i t i o n a l s p e n t n u c l e a r f u e l 8 f r o m G e r m a n y . M y r e a s o n i n g i s a s f o l l o w s : W e h a v e n o 9 p l a c e f o r p e r m a n e n t s t o r a g e o f m a t e r i a l s c u r r e n t l y a t 10 S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e , m u c h l e s s a n i n c e p t i o n a n d t h e 11 a c c e p t a n c e o f o n e m i l l i o n u n i t s , b a l l s , u n i t s f o r - - o f 28-1 12 s p e n t n u c l e a r f u e l f r o m a n o t h e r c o u n t r y . S e c o n d l y , S R S , 13 m y b a c k y a r d , S o u t h C a r o l i n a s h o u l d n o t b e t h e d u m p i n g 14 g r o u n d f o r t h e s e m a t e r i a l s e v e n a s I u n d e r s t a n d t h e 15 c a p a c i t y a n d c o m p e t e n c e o f t h e t r e m e n d o u s w o r k f o r c e a t 16 S a v a n n a h R i v e r S i t e . T h e y a r e w o r l d c l a s s e m p l o y e e s a n d 17 w e a p p l a u d t h a t . T h i r d l y , w e h a v e n o c l e a r p a t h f o r i t 18 f o r g e o l o g i c a l r e p o s i t o r y , n o p a t h f o r i t f o r o n e i n t h e 19 n e a r f u t u r e . T h e r e c e p t i o n o f t h e s p e n t n u c l e a r f u e l 20 r o d s p r e s e n t a p o t e n t i a l e n v i r o n m e n t a l h a z a r d b e y o n d e p i c 28-2 21 p r o p o r t i o n s . F i f t h l y , t h e t r a n s p o r t o f t h e s e m a t e r i a l s 22 f r o m o u r p o r t t h r o u g h c o m m u n i t i e s t h a t d o n o t h a v e s h a r e d 28-3 23 n o r c o m m o n c o m m u n i c a t e d e m e r g e n c y p r e p a r e d n e s s p l a n s . 24 S i x , p u b l i c h e a l t h - - t h e p u b l i c h e a l t h i m p a c t t h a t i s 28-4 25 n o t a c c e p t a b l e e v e n f o r a m i n i m a l i n c r e a s e i n Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup269 1 r a d i o l o g i c a l e m i s s i o n s . T h e s l i d e s a i d , o n e i n f i f t y o r 28-4 2 o n e i n o n e - h u n d r e d . T h a t s o u n d s m i n i m a l u n l e s s y o u a r e Con’t 3 t h e o n e . S e v e n t h , a l t h o u g h S R S m a y h a v e c a p a c i t y t o 4 s t o r e t h i s m a t e r i a l , t h i s t e c h n o l o g y h a s n o t b e e n p r o v e n 28-5 Con’t 5 s u c c e s s f u l . M y r e c o m m e n d a t i o n i s p r o v i d e a l l t h e 6 a s s i s t a n c e t o G e r m a n y a n d a l l o w t h e m t o k e e p t h e 28-1 Con’t 7 m a t e r i a l s t h e r e . F i n a l l y , t h e e x e c u t i v e o r d e r o n 8 e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e m e a n s m e a n i n g f u l i n v o l v e m e n t o f 9 c o m m u n i t i e s , m i n o r i t y a n d l o w - i n c o m e c o m m u n i t i e s , s o I 10 s t a n d t o i n v i t e t h i s b o d y f r o m t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E n e r g y 28-6 11 t o j o i n u s a s a t o u r n e x t e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e c o m m u n i t y 12 m e e t i n g a n d m e a n i n g f u l l y s h a r e t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h 13 t h o s e i m p a c t e d c o m m u n i t i e s . T h a n k y o u . 14 M R . B R O W N : T h a n k s v e r y m u c h . T h a t c o n c l u d e s t h e 15 l i s t o f f o l k s w h o h a d s i g n e d u p t o s p e a k t o n i g h t . W e ' v e 16 r u n a b i t o v e r t i m e . I a p p r e c i a t e y o u r p a t i e n c e , a n d 17 m a i n l y I a p p r e c i a t e p e o p l e t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o c o m e a n d 18 l i s t e n t o t h e - - s h o w a n d o f f e r y o u r c o m m e n t s . S o w i t h 19 t h a t , w e a r e a d j o u r n e d . T h a n k s . 20 ( M e e t i n g a d j o u r n e d a t 9 : 2 6 p . m . ) 21 / / / 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com Bsup270 1 CERTIFICATE 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 AIKEN COUNTY 4 I hereby certify that the foregoing meeting 5 transcript, consisting of pages 4 through 66 was taken 6 down by me and transcribed by me and that the same is a 7 true, correct and complete transcript of said meeting. 8 I further certify that I am a disinterested party to 9 this action and that I am neither of kin nor counsel to 10 any of the parties hereto. 11 This the 16th day of February, 2016. 12 13 14 15 Claire R. 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