Beyond Nuclear's written comments to NRC opposing ISP's CISF at WCS, TX
(1.) Beyond Nuclear's 1st set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- verbal comments, re: the risks of so-called "routine" or "incident-free" shipments, nonetheless being like Mobile X-ray Machines That Can't Be Turned Off, as well the risks of externally contaminated shipments, submitted Oct. 1, 2020, during NRC's 1st of 4 call-in sessions (see pages 69 to 74, of 142, on the PDF counter).
(2.) Beyond Nuclear's 2nd set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: Risks of “Routine” or “Incident-Free” Shipments Nonetheless Being Like “Mobile X-ray Machines That Can’t Be Turned Off,” and Risks of Externally Contaminated Shipments, submitted Oct. 5, 2020.
(3.) Beyond Nuclear's 3rd set of public comments on NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239 -- re: 40-year timeframe is an inappropriately, arbitrarily, and capriciously short scope, submitted Oct. 6, 2020.
(4.) Beyond Nuclear's 4th set of public comments, on NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239 -- re: large impacts/risks of high-level radioactive waste transportation, lack of shipment route maps, submitted Oct. 6, 2020.
(5.) Beyond Nuclear's 5th set of public comments, on NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239 -- re: complexity and risk of multiple required cask-to-cask canister transfers, submitted Oct. 6, 2020.
(6.) Beyond Nuclear's 6th set of public comments, on NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239 -- re: NRC Staff's internal contradictions, submitted Oct. 6, 2020.
(7.) Beyond Nuclear's 7th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: simply assuming Yucca Mountain, Nevada on Western Shoshone land, will be the permanent repository, is false, indefensible, and a violation of treaty obligations (that is, illegal), submitted Oct. 8, 2020.
(8.) Beyond Nuclear's 8th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: Environmental Justice (EJ), Environmental Injustice, Environmental Racism, Radioactive Racism, submitted Oct. 8, 2020.
(9.) Beyond Nuclear's 9th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: the license for Private Fuel Storage, LLC, CISF -- targeted at Skull Valley Goshutes Indian Reservation in Utah -- is not terminated, contradicting NRC Staff assertions to the contrary, submitted Oct. 9, 2020. A version were submitted verbally during the NRC call-in session on Oct. 8, and a version later submitted in written form (see #(15.), below).
(10.) Beyond Nuclear's 10th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: the Cerro Grande Fire exacerbates the environmental injustice of the ISP/WCS CISF scheme, submitted Oct. 12, 2020.
(11.) Beyond Nuclear's 11th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- re: NRC collusion with Holtec & ISP on CISFs rubber-stamps is illegal, dangerous, submitted Oct. 12, 2020.
(12.) Beyond Nuclear's 12th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS -- submitted via Public Citizen Texas Office webform action alert, submitted Oct. 13, 2020.
(13.) Beyond Nuclear's 13th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, re: woefully inadequate, to nearly nonexistent, treatment of highly radioactive waste transportation risks, including: failure to identify shipping routes associated with 127 of 131 atomic reactors in the U.S.; and failure to address widespread QA violations, submitted Oct. 13, 2020.
(14.) Beyond Nuclear's 14th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, verbal comments submitted on Oct. 6, 2020, during NRC's 2nd of 4 call-in sessions. (See pages 100 to 107 of 128 on the PDF counter.)
(15.) Beyond Nuclear's 15th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, verbal comments submitted on Oct. 8, 2020, during NRC's 3rd of 4 call-in sessions. See Page 86 to Page 90 in the transcript for Beyond Nuclear's comments, submitted by radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps. Please note that a version of these comments was submitted in writing as well -- see #(9.) above.
(16.) Beyond Nuclear's 16th set of public comments, re: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231, and report number NUREG-2239, NRC's ISP/WCS CISF DEIS, verbal comments submitted on Oct. 15, 2020 during NRC's 4th of 4 call-in sessions. See Page 162 to 166 in the transcript for Beyond Nuclear's comments, submitted by radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps.
November 4, 2020