News Stories

• A private company got federal approval to store nuclear waste in Texas. The state is fighting back.
  Washington Post 9/15/21
• Nuclear waste in the oil patch? Feds spark clash with Texas
  E&E News 9/15/21
• Spent fuel facility receives NRC license days after Texas moves to ban it
  Nuclear Newswire 9/14/21
• Texas bans storage of highly radioactive waste, but a West Texas facility may get a license from the feds anyway
  Texas Tribune 9/10/21
• Debate over radioactive waste storage in West Texas revived by Greg Abbott’s special session agenda
  Dallas Morning News 8/24/21
• State lawmakers again try to ban most dangerous nuclear waste as feds consider allowing it at West Texas site
  Texas Tribune 8/23/21
• NRC expected to release reports for Andrews site this month
  Midland Reporter-Telegram 7/27/21
• Radioactive waste storage bill derailed in the Texas House on a technicality
  Corpus Christi Caller-Times 5/5/21
• Texas radioactive waste disposal company seeking break from state fees and surcharges
  USA TODAY NETWORK 4/8/21
• Nuclear waste project in southeast New Mexico delayed as feds demand answers
  Carlsbad Current-Argus 4/2/21
• Semis hauling millions of radioactive loads across the country
  WKRC News Local 12 Cincinnati 2/18/21
• Remember That Time a Nuclear Weapons Bunker Blew Up in San Antonio?
  Texas Monthly November 2020
• Texas governor opposes interim storage site
  Energy Wire 10/01/20
• Nuclear waste could travel through Dallas-Fort Worth if West Texas plan is approved
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram 9/24/20
• Fort Worth doesn’t need dangerous nuclear waste rolling through on Tarrant rail lines
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram 08/12/20
• Pandemic Allows for New Front in Fight Against Southwest Nuclear Waste Storage Contracts
  MorningConsult.com 7/10/20
• Federal officials recommend storage of nuclear waste in West Texas
  KOSA/CBS7 5/07/20
• Feds Give Thumbs-Up to West Texas Nuclear Waste Plan
  Courthouse News Service 5/06/20
• Why should NM store nation’s nuclear waste?
  Albuquerque Journal 4/03/20
• Opponents of nuke site near Carlsbad call for delay on permitting amid COVID-19 outbreak
  Carlsbad Current Argus 4/01/20
• Energy Secretary Perry says he is resigning by year’s end
  AP News 10/19/19
• NorthStar: Vermont Yankee demolition ahead of schedule
  Brattleboro Reformer 10/18/19
• New Mexico governor says no to high-level nuclear waste
  Associated Press 6/7/19
• Greg Abbott Signals Limits To Nuclear Waste Disposal In Texas With Bill Veto
  Texas Standard 6/7/19
• An amendment about waste facility fees was added to a widely supported domestic violence bill. Will it stick?
  Texas Tribune 5/25/19
• How a radioactive waste fees amendment was tied to a domestic violence bill
  Austin American Statesman 5/25/19
• US Panel Hears Arguments in Nuclear Waste Storage Case
  Associated Press 01/23/19
• Federal nuclear board nixes request for hearing on New Mexico waste facility
  Santa Fe New Mexican 5/7/19
• US Panel Hears Arguments in Nuclear Waste Storage Case
  Associated Press 01/23/19

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