NRC grants Fasken's requested extension for filing new contentions in Holtec proceeding due to coronavirus pandemic

See the ruling here.

New contentions are now due May 11, 2020.

(See Fasken's April 2nd request, immediately below.)

Update on April 7, 2020 by admin

FASKEN LAND AND MINERALS, LTD.’S AND PERMIAN BASIN LAND AND ROYALTY OWNERS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES PENDING THE COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY

See the filing, re: Holtec's CISF in NM, submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, here.

Beyond Nuclear letter to NRC Commissioners, re: NRC Staff's internal contradictions vis-a-vis Holtec CISF

Mindy Goldstein and Diane Curran, Beyond Nuclear's legal counsel in its opposition to the Holtec International consolidated interim storage facility for highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel targeted at southeastern New Mexico, have submitted a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners. It addresses NRC Staff internal contradictions, as revealed in the NRC's March 2020 Draft Environmental Impact Statement, as compared to NRC Staff's assertions during the licensing proceeding, upon which the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board relied when it ruled against Beyond Nuclear's intervention on May 7, 2019.

See today's letter, here.

Are governor's nuke waste concerns legit?

Janet Greenwald of CARD's (Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping) letter to the editor appeared in the ABQ Journal:

Are governor’s nuke waste concerns legit?

RE: ALBUQUERQUE Journal editorial supporting nuclear high level waste storage in NM.

The Journal claims that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s opposition to storing high level nuclear waste in New Mexico is a “knee jerk” reaction. However, she stands in unity with the oil industry, the Cattle Grower’s Association, 10 New Mexican communities, the Pueblo council and thousands of New Mexicans who wrote to the NRC opposing this proposal. Are all these respected communities, citizens and organizations having a “knee jerk reaction?” Or are there legitimate concerns about the economic and environmental future well-being of our state?

JANET GREENWALD
Dixon

Why should NM store nation’s nuclear waste?

A Guest Column in the ABQ Journal

By Laura Watchempino / Multicultural Alliance For A Safe Environment, Pueblo Of Acoma

FASKEN LAND AND MINERALS, LTD.’S AND PERMIAN BASIN LAND AND ROYALTY OWNERS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES PENDING THE COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY

See the filing, re: Holtec's CISF in NM, submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, here.

Update on April 7, 2020 by admin

NRC grants Fasken's requested extension for filing new contentions in Holtec proceeding due to coronavirus pandemic

See the ruling here.

New contention filings are due May 11, 2020.