Environmental Impact Statement - radioactive monticello

Appendix A
made the commitment to keep us committed to nuclear operations, what will happen then is
we'll have chaos in the utility industry because we can't use the reactors anymore, and that will
be piled on top of somebody's nuclear nightmare. (MS-D-1 4)
Comment: Extending the license to operate until 2030 will mean future generations will have to
spend valuable resources safeguarding and storing more spent nuclear fuel; this is hardly
beneficial to environmental resources. (MS-S-1 1)
Comment: Remaining dependent on nuclear power puts Minnesotans at risk for bearing the
environmental and economic costs of maintaining toxic waste for centuries; the economic cost
of maintaining this waste outweighs the value of the energy generated by it. (MS-S-19)
Comment: Given the location of the Monticello plant upstream from a densely populated urban
area, the fact that Minnesota's current economic and political climate is weak, the fact that
political leaders from the two major parties cannot function adequately to keep the government
running under normal circumstances, and the fact that the soils at Monticello raise the
prospects of groundwater contamination, it is clear that relicensing Monticello is inappropriate
and irresponsible at this time. The NRC should reject Xcel Energy's application for license
renewal. (MS-S-27)
Comment: We have no guarantees. We do however have a rising cancer rate, relative
disincentives for alternative, decentralized energy production, and huge inefficiencies in energy
use accounting for about half of the energy produced according to experts. It would be safer
and cheaper to become efficient. Where is the leadership for tightening-up (MS-U-6)
Comment: Nuclear technology is dinosauric it's from the last millennium. It's too big,
inappropriate, uncontrollable. Transmitting electricity from big generating stations is wasteful,
destructive of the environment, and extremely profitable until something goes wrong. (MS-U-8)
Comment: Are you the heroes who will say no to nukes and yes to progressive, decentralized,
safe energy production This is America. We invented modern citizen democracy. We are an
inventive society. We can supply the world with smart power tools or continue our decline and
deliver to ourselves a dirty bomb of our own making. "The peaceful atom is a bomb."
(MS-U-1 0)
Comment: NRC currently gravely underestimates the risk of Monticello's operations to human
and ecosystem health, uses outdated non-protective radiation standards, procures no tracking
of health effects, provides lax oversight over safety and security, and by delivering a flawed
alternatives-analysis seeks to ensure Xcel Energy's continued nuclear power operations.
(MS-Y-41)
Response: The comments oppose license renewal at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and
are general in nature. The comments provide no new and significant information; therefore, the
comments will not be evaluated further.
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