Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site

• Reuters - Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site - By Sebastien Malo

Texas steps up fight against nuclear waste dump in state

• Houston Chronicle - Texas steps up fight against nuclear waste dump in state - Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg

Texas files lawsuit against NRC for licesning ISP CISF

The Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Paxton filed the lawsuit on behalf of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This lawsuit against the NRC argues that the agency's Sept. 13, 2021 approval for the Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility license is unlawful, and should be vacated. The case was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Update on September 24, 2021 by admin

Texas sues NRC after nuke dump gets federal approval

as reported by Julie Thibodeaux in GreenSourceDFW.

Update on September 24, 2021 by admin

• Reuters - Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site - By Sebastien Malo

New Mexico backs Texas in opposing nuclear fuel storage

As reported by the Associated Press.

Please note there is an error in the AP article. When it refers to "231 million tons of other radioactive waste," it should have said 231 metric tons -- it is referring to Greater Than Class C (GTCC) "low-level" (albeit highly radioactive!) radioactive waste.

NRC Ready to Press Forward in NM Interim Storage Case

As reported by the ExchangeMonitor. But the article is behind a paywall and inaccessbile without a subscription.