Mock nuke waste cask tour underway in NM, educating folks about the risks of highly radioactive waste shipments
News media and other coverage:
Associated Press: "Activists kick off NM tour to protest nuke storage plan"
https://www.abqjournal.com/1157326/activists-kick-off-nm-tour-to-protest-nuke-storage-plan.html
Public News Service -- New Mexico: "Groups Fight Nuclear Waste Storage in NM"
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-04-11/environment/groups-fight-propsed-nuclear-waste-storage-proposal-in-nm/a62152-1
[Has good audio and a picture of the mock cask]
This story reportedly got picked up by (smaller) radio stations in Las Cruces, Roswell, T or C, Portales, Raton, etc., adding up to an audience of 82,000 in New Mexico. And Public News Service's daily national broadcast picked it up for a national audience of 350,000! Here are a list of the NM radio stations covering htis story:
KRWG-FM 1 Las Cruces, NM Las Cruces NM 15,000 1 KGRT-FM 1 Las Cruces, NM Las Cruces NM 11,247 1 1 KHQT-FM 1 Las Cruces, NM Las Cruces NM 7,608 1 1 KSNM-AM 1 Las Cruces, NM Las Cruces NM 2,150 1 1 KMTH-FM 1 Maljamar, NM 500 3 Virtual News Center 1 Melbourne, FL 16,237 1 1 PNS Daily Newscast 1 Nationwide, US 350,000 1 KENW-FM 1 Portales, NM 2,280 3 KRTN-FM 1 Raton, NM 1,221 1 KRTN-AM 1 Raton, NM 1,221 1 KMOU-FM Virtual News Ce 1 Roswell, NM 9,637 1 1 KEND-FM Virtual News Ce 1 Roswell, NM 9,637 1 1 KWES-FM 1 Ruidoso, NM 1,554 1 KBUY-AM 1 Ruidoso, NM 1,554 1 KKVS-FM 1 Truth or Conseque Las Cruces NM 5,623
Roswell Daily Record: "Proposed nuclear storage site debate heats up; Activists plan news conference today in Roswell"
Carlsbad Current-Argus: "Activists maintain opposition to proposed nuclear waste facility"
The mock nuke waste cask tour began on Tues., April 10 in Albuquerque, NM.
It traveled to Hobbs and Carlsbad, NM on Wed., Aprl 11. (The Holtec/ELEA "parking lot dump" would be located midway between those two cities, just over 30 miles to each.)
The educational tour then goes on to Roswell and Clovis, NM on Thurs., April 12.
It then travels on to Santa Rosa, Grants and Gallup, NM on Fri., April 13.
On Sat., April 14 and Sun., April 15, the mock nuke waste cask tour travels on to Santa Fe.
The cask may travel on beyond that. Beyond Nuclear will post updates at its website.
The mock nuke waste cask tour comes amidst widespread public outcry against Holtec's scheme, from community forums to skeptical questioning from elected officials, all of which is also generating news coverage:
Carlsbad Current-Argus: "Activists protest Holtech's proposed nuclear waste storage facility near Carlsbad"
Albuquerque Journal:
"Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Plan Draws Questions"
https://www.abqjournal.com/1156201/spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-plan-draws-questions.html
April 11, 2018