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The (Commonwealth/Town of
) advocates the immediate start to a move to Secured* Dry Cask
Storage of all but recently unloaded Spent Nuclear Fuel and a return to
a low density storage pool at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station as an
interim measure to better protect the health and well being of the
citizens of the (Commonwealth/Town of______).
Signed
Date ________________________________________________________________
* The term "secured" means that a facility
for storing spent fuel is made resistant to attack. Such resistance can
be achieved in three ways.
First, the facility shall be made passively
safe, so that spent fuel remains in a safe state without needing
electrical power, cooling water or the presence of an operating crew.
Second, the facility shall be "hardened", so
that the spent fuel and its containment structure are protected from
damage by an instrument of attack (e.g., an anti-tank missile). For a
facility at ground level, hardening involves the provision of layers of
concrete, steel, gravel or other materials above and around the spent
fuel.
Third, the facility shall be "dispersed", so
that spent fuel is not concentrated at one location, but is spread more
uniformly across the site. Dispersal can reduce the magnitude of the
radioactive release that would arise from a given attack.
The term “interim” means that this is a temporary, not a permanent,
solution, to the problem of high level radioactive waste storage at
Pilgrim. |
