The revenue Andrews County will earn from nuclear waste disposal is one reason some in the community are supportive of the project. Opponents fear the presence of high-level radiation in their community.
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As Blake Roberts bounced along a single-lane dirt road in his red Ford Super Duty pickup he pointed to a pumpjack bobbing in the West Texas heat.
“Everything we do revolves around oil,” Roberts said as he neared his home outside the town of Andrews in the heart of the booming Permian Basin oil field.