All Pueblo Council of Governors Opposes Largest Nuclear Waste Transport Campaign in Nation’s History

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October 21st, 2019
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All Pueblo Council of Governors Opposes Largest Nuclear Waste Transport Campaign in Nation’s History

Pueblo leaders voice opposition to license applications to transport and store high level radioactive nuclear waste in New Mexico and Texas

Santa Fe, NM – The All Pueblo Council of Governors, representing the collective voice of the member 20 sovereign Pueblo nations of New Mexico and Texas, convened Thursday affirming commitment to protect Pueblo natural and cultural resources from risks associated with transport of the nation’s growing inventory of high level nuclear waste from sites across the country to proposed semi-permanent sites in southeastern New Mexico and mid western Texas. The Council adopted a resolution expressing opposition to the license applications by private companies, Holtec International and Interim Storage Partners LLC, authorizing transport nuclear material, construction, and operation of a proposed multi-billion dollar consolidated interim storage facilities in Lea County, NM and Andrews County, TX.

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Update on October 24, 2019 by admin

Oil and Gas 360 has reported on this news:

https://www.oilandgas360.com/native-american-pueblo-leaders-oppose-nuclear-facility-near-carlsbad-hobbs-2/
Native American Pueblo leaders oppose nuclear facility near Carlsbad, Hobbs - Oil & Gas 360 - oilandgas360.com

Oct. 24-- Oct. 24--A group of Native American leaders opposed a plan to temporarily store nuclear waste at proposed facilities in southeast New Mexico and West Texas before a permanent repository ...

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Update on October 26, 2019 by admin

Here are links to related subject matter documents, posted at the State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects website's Nuclear Waste Transport <http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/trans.htm> scholarship depository; the 2005 document has to do with irradiated nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste transport risks, while the 2006 and 2007 documents have to do with transuranic waste transport risks; the former is broader in scope, while the latter two are focused on New Mexico Pueblos and Tribes):

Updated - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

• ESRA Consulting Corporation - After September 11th: Risk Assessment of Native American Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on the Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and its Transuranic Nuclear Waste Transportation Routes - Presentation to the Transportation Research Board of The National Academy of Sciences, TRB 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,23 January 2007 - Sandy H. Straus (pdf-2.90M)

Updated - Thursday, November 16, 2006

• NAS:Transportation Research Board - 86th Annual Meeting - January 21-25, 2007: After September 11, 2001: Risk Perception and Risk Assessment of American Indian Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on the Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Its Transuranic Nuclear Waste Transportation Routes (07-3268) - Sandy H. Straus, ESRA Consulting Corporation

Updated - Friday, May 20, 2005

State of Nevada - Measures of Community Impact for The Transportation of Hazardous Materials: The Case of Indian Tribes and High-Level Nuclear Waste -- Conference Paper - Waste Management 2005 - Fred Dilger, Robert Halstead, James David Ballard (pdf-1.24M)