Laptop Battery The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's public meeting Tuesday evening at the township Middle School drew a long line of people with questions. A panel of engineers, inspectors and other employees of the NRC were present to provide answers following a pair of presentations on dry-cask storage of spent fuel.
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Thinkpad The event was the NRC's response to requests from area residents, municipalities and legislators for a public hearing on Oyster Creek Generating Station's plan to start using a dry-cask storage system to hold spent fuel.
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Microsoft The question and answer session was a fairly orderly affair, although participants didn't adhere strictly to the stated format - questioners were supposed to sign up ahead of time but questions were routinely called out from the crowd and answered.
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Laptop Computers Edith Gbur, chairwoman of Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, was the first speaker on the list. Her statement primarily asked why the NRC held a public meeting and not a hearing.
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Laptop Computer She said there have been accidents ever since dry-cask storage of nuclear waste was put into use in the country, and local residents should have the chance to decide whether the accidents are significant or not.
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Desktop Computer Her statement was made to the audience more than to the panel. "People make the laws and laws can be changed," she said.
Notebooks Her comments drew several rounds of applause from no more than a third of the audience, a group that consistently applauded the more critical and skeptical questioners.
Lenovo Most of the audience listened attentively.
Hard Drive John D. Monninger, chief of the spent fuel licensing office of the NRC, already addressed Gbur's question in his opening presentation.
Travelstar The Nuclear Waste Police Act of 1982 mandated that the Department of Energy had to set up a national depot for the storage of spent nuclear fuel.
Gateway It also said the NRC had to develop rules for onsite dry-cask storage that nuclear plants could use in the meantime.
Laptop Parts The NRC has licensed a number of dry-cask-storage vendors to produce storage systems that already have been subject to NRC hearings and scrutiny.
Software Nuclear plants that meet the requirements to use systems with a general license can do so without the need for a hearing.
Hard Drives Oyster Creek is using a Nuhoms system, one of those that have a general license.
Electronics Monninger said that nine of the 20 dry-cask storage sites in the country use systems with general licenses.
Canon "This is not anything unique to the Oyster Creek site," he said.
Desktop Pc The panel member who spoke about accidents related to dry cask storage described several of the incidents and indicated that none resulted in the release of radiation.
Desktop Computers Michael Masciale, of Forked River, said he was comfortable with the presence of the plant and the storage plan prior to Sept. 11 but now, "all things could happen."
Think Pad He was concerned about the exposure of the above-ground storage bunker and questioned why it wasn't surrounded by a dirt berm or buried.
Repair He also wondered why the country didn't have a central location for storage that could be made extremely secure.
Data Recovery NRC officials said the berm had been considered previously as a way to prevent radiation leaks, but wasn't needed with the bunker. However, the NRC may consider it as a security measure in the future.
Cisco Other questioners also raised the issue of a central depository. Panel members explained that President Bush has approved the Yucca Mountain, Nevada site, but several steps are necessary before the depository could be built.
Keyboard One question brought up a report from Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., which charged that soft spots in nuclear facilities' security could be exploited by terrorists. It cited Oyster Creek specifically over its storage of still radioactive spent fuel in buildings that are not hardened structures
Monitor Without detailing specific security measures, Dave Simon, spokesman for Exelon Corp., which operates the Lacey Township nuclear plant, said the Markey report is "off base."
Desktop "There are legitimate questions being raised, but there are a lot of scenarios being posited that could not occur. There is a demonstrated track record of safety" that has not penetrated the public consciousness, Simon said.
Infosys In addition to his concerns about storage of spent fuel, Markey charged that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not do thorough enough background checks on nuclear plant workers.
Refurbished Laptops Skip Young, panel member at Tuesday's meeting, said the NRC was studying Markey's concerns and would make any changes that might be needed, although he said he thought that the security enhancements the NRC implemented after Sept. 11 were probably adequate.
Wipro Although people began to drift out by 8:30 p.m., the meeting continued past press time Tuesday evening.
By Rebecca B. Hendricks
The Press of Atlantic City - 3/27/2002
Topic: Nuclear
