TEXAS NUKE WASTE DUMP: Strong finish on 11/3 comments deadline!

The deadline for public comments on NRC's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Interim Storage Partners' (ISP) highly radioactive waste Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) at Waste Control Specialists, Texas was November 3, Election Day. Opponents submitted thousands of comments, including ours. A coalition of 129 environmental organizations also spoke out, as did Texas’s governor.

What’s next on these fights? Opponents’ appeals against the Holtec/ELEA CISF targeting southeast New Mexico have been held in abeyance by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, until all NRC licensing proceedings conclude. What can you do? Contact your U.S. Rep., and both Senators; urge them to block any bill authorizing CISFs during the lame duck.