Opinion: Officials should deny interim storage of high-level waste in Andrews

An op-ed published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram. The authors are Lon Burnam, Karen Hadden, and Kevin Kamps.

Lon Burnam is from Fort Worth and with Public Citizen; Karen Hadden is from Austin and with Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition, and Kevin Kamps is from Takoma Park, Maryland, and with Beyond Nuclear.

NRC issues final environmental impact statement on Texas used fuel store

As reported by Nuclear Engineering International.

Beyond Nuclear, and a broad national coalition, will continue to resist the ISP CISF, even if/when NRC rubber-stamps its construction and operating license.

Green light for $2.3B spent nuclear fuel storage site in Texas

As reported by Power Engineering International.

Beyond Nuclear, and a broad coalition nationwide, will continue to oppose the ISP CISF, even if and when NRC rubber-stamps its construction and operation license.

Feds see no problems with nuclear waste storage in West Texas, New Mexico despite concerns

• Carlsbad Current-Argus - Feds see no problems with nuclear waste storage in West Texas, New Mexico despite concerns - Adrian Hedden

Beyond Nuclear, and a broad national coalition, will continue to resist the ISP CISF, even if/when NRC rubber-stamps the dump's construction and operating license.

MORE REBUFF OF TX WASTE SITE: 63 Democratic State Legislators Speak Out

As described in an environmental coalition press release, Texans have loudly and clearly expressed non-consent regarding hosting highly radioactive waste at Interim Storage Partners' consolidated interim storage facility, at Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County on the border with New Mexico. In a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 63 Democratic state legislators have joined Governor Greg Abbott, five counties (including Dallas, and Andrews itself), and three cities, in saying "We Don't Want It!" NRC published its Final Environmental Impact Statement today, and the three sitting Commissioners will rubber-stamp their approval of the construction and operation license by mid-September. A coalition, including Beyond Nuclear, has already appealed.