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Public Comments about STP’s license renewal application are being accepted until April 1.

A draft Environmental Impact Statement is scheduled to be released in March 2012. Comments may be submitted online at www.regulations.gov (search docket number NRC-2010-0375), or mail to:

Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements and Directives Branch (RADB) Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Other ways to submit comments: Email to Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov

Call Carol Gallagher if you have questions – 301-492-3668

The re-licensing application is lengthy. It's online at www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/south-texas-project.html

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In your letter, be sure to give the docket number – Docket ID # NRC-2010-375

Re-licensing of South Texas Project Units 1 & 2

Deadline for comments on the scoping of the environmental report – April 1, 2011

The reactors came online in 1988 and 1989, and they are set to retire in 2027 and 2028. The re-licensing would add another 20 years of operation for these reactors.

A summary of their troubled history is online at www.NukeFreeTexas.org Issues that could be raised include, but are not limited to:

Risks of an accident, fires, or explosions at one or more reactors at the site, risks that could increase with aging reactors NRC's 1982 CRAC 2 study found that there could be 18,000 early deaths if a serious accident occurred at the STP site.

Safer, cleaner alternative ways to generate the same power exist today and should be used

Vast consumption of water use, largely Colorado River water, which is increasingly needed for drinking water, livestock and farming.

The main cooling reservoir is leaking out the bottom. How and when will this be repaired?

Climate change – rising temperatures could affect whether there is enough cool water to cool the reactors.

There is no adequate solution for radioactive waste, so it makes sense to stop generating more.

Karen Hadden

Executive Director – SEED Coalition

1303 San Antonio, #100

Austin, Texas 78701

512-797-8481

www.CleanEnergyforTexas.org

www.SolarSiNuclearNo.org

www.StoptheCoalPlant.org

www.NukeFreeTexas.org