A look into the Permian Basin’s fight against high-level nuclear waste storage
Following a ruling in favor of Texas over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, high-level nuclear waste won’t be stored in Andrews. West Texans can have peace of mind.
The Opposition To a Texas Nuclear Waste Site Has Returned
Now a joint venture called Interim Storage Partners LLC has the plan moving forward again. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently restarted its review of a consolidated interim storage application for a site in Andrews County, Texas. And the NRC staff’s safety, security and environmental reviews could be finished in summer 2020.
NM Lawmakers Warned About Carlsbad Nuclear Waste Facility
The concerns with interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in Southeastern New Mexico consist of environmental and social justice impacts. Both Baca and Grisham say that an interim storage site would become a de facto permanent resting place for America’s nuclear waste. There are currently no plans in sight for a permanent deep geological repository in the United States, despite the federal government’s promise to create one over 40 years ago.
