NRC ASLB sets WCS/ISP CISF oral argument pre-hearing dates for Midland, TX -- July 10-11

See the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board order, here.

Beyond Nuclear has petitioned to intervene against the license. Our legal counsel are Diane Curran of Washington, DC, and Mindy Goldstein of Atlanta, GA.

Beyond Nuclear is joined by a broad environmental coalition, including Sierra Club (legal counsel, Wally Taylor), as well as a seven-group coalition representing grassroots groups along transport routes across the country (legal counsel, Terry Lodge, Toledo, OH).

The Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility is targeted at Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, west Texas, right on the New Mexico state line, near Eunice. The ISP/WCS CISF would "temporarily store" 40,000 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel from commercial atomic reactors across the country, if licensed, constructed, and operated. That's nearly half what currently exists in the U.S.

Rose Gardner of AFES, on Sputnik Radio's "Loud & Clear"

Listen to the full half-hour audio recording of the interview here:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/beyond-nuclear-with-kevin-kamps_52

Re: Holtec -- "A False Answer, a Big Political Connection and $260 Million in Tax Breaks"

As reported by ProPublica and WNYC.

Beyond Nuclear honors Rose Gardner with the Judith Johnsrud "Unsung Hero" Award

Left to right, front row -- Rose's daugther Bridget, granddaughter Aubrey, Rose Gardner, daughter Jessica; back row -- Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter, Paul Gunter, Kevin Kamps. Photo by Molly Johnson.Rose Gardner of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES) in Eunice, New Mexico is the winner of Beyond Nuclear's 2019 Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud "Unsung Hero" Award. Judith was an activist, leader and founding board member of Beyond Nuclear and other groups. Rose was recognized "for tirelessly defending her community, in the belly of the beast, undeterred by daunting odds, with a calm, humble heart, and yet fiery determination." The honor was bestowed on May 21 on Capitol Hill, during the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's (ANA) 31st annual D.C. Days. See the reception announcement with additional awardees here.) Rose's home is just five miles from a "low-level" radioactive waste dump which is threatening to add 40,000 metric tons of highly radioactive nuclear fuel; every one of these thousands of rail shipments passing through Eunice, en route. Rose's hometown already "hosts" a uranium enrichment facility. Just 37 miles away, Rose's home is also threatened by "temporary" storage of 173,600 MT of commercial irradiated nuclear fuel (more than twice what currently exists in the country); the site is very near a geologic disposal facility that leaked military plutonium and other trans-uranic wastes into the environment on Valentine's Day, 2014. In short, the nuclear industry is trying to turn Rose's majority Hispanic area into a "nuclear sacrifice zone." Rose joined Beyond Nuclear and other ANA member groups in educating congressional offices about these and related nuclear issues. Rose also joined Beyond Nuclear on our weekly radio show at Sputnik International. We thank and congratulate Rose for defending her New Mexico "Land of Enchantment" against such an environmental injustice, and look forward to working with her and our New Mexico and Texas grassroots allies, as well as those in transport corridor states, to stop these consolidated interim storage facilities, and the Mobile Chernobyls they would launch! More

Funding for Yucca Mountain dump blocked in key U.S. House Appropriations Committee vote

See the Bloomberg Environment article, here.

Unfortunately, however, funding for Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities (CISFs) was retained in the appropriations bill.