News Stories

• Texas nuclear waste storage permit invalidated by US appeals court
  Reuters 8/25/23
• Will New Mexico’s new law stop a proposed nuclear waste dump?
  NM Political Report 5/3/23
• Nuclear energy regulators go through motions of a public meeting. Their heart isn’t in it
  Dallas Morning News 2/24/23
• New Mexico may seek veto power over spent nuke fuel storage
  AP News 2/13/23
• Court dismisses challenges to Texas SNF storage facility
  Nuclear Newswire 1/31/23
• North Texas could be home to nuclear power plant until 2053. Why are residents opposed?
  KERA News 1/19/23
• Macron’s French Nuclear Farce
  Counterpunch 12/7/22
• D.C. Circuit Skeptical of Challenge to Texas Nuclear Waste Site
  Bloomberg News 11/10/22
• Japan says it has so far detected no abnormalities at nuclear power plants
  New York Times 3/16/21
• Oil companies join fight against US nuclear waste facilities
  Beaumont Enterprise 3/11/21
• 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
• Japan says it has so far detected no abnormalities at nuclear power plants
  New York Times 3/16/21
• Oil companies join fight against US nuclear waste facilities
  Beaumont Enterprise 3/11/21
• 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
• 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
• 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 government discloses it already shipped plutonium to Nevada, without state’s knowledge or consent
  The Nevada Independent 01/31/19
• State Of Washington Lambastes Drumpf Administration Plan To Reclassify Nuke Waste
  Associated Press 1/9/19
• County judge candidates: Nuclear waste resolution reflects community sentiments
  Midland County Reporter 10/04/18
• Congressional candidates address nuclear waste transport
  Midland Reporter-Telegram 10/02/18
• NRC Staff Urges Rejection of Motions to Dismiss Spent Fuel Storage Applications
  Rad Waste Monitor 9/28/18
• Environmental Groups Warn Nuclear Waste May Travel Through San Antonio by Rail
  San Antonio Current, 9/26/18  Sanford Nowlin
• Anti-nuclear waste tour kicks off in Houston 
  The Texas Tribune 9/25/18 Matt Zdun
• Activists protest plan to transport nuclear waste to Texas
  San Antonio Express News 9/19/18
• A Texas waste storage plan is back. So is the opposition
  EE News 09/11/18
• French Orano opens uranium conversion plant despite glut
  Reuters News 09/10/18
• Spent nuclear waste burial halted at San Onofre until NRC can probe ‘near miss’ with canister
  Orange County Register 8/24/18
• Holtec arrives at City Council
  Roswell Daily Record 08/22/18
• Discussions on Holtec facility continue amid concerns
  Albuquerque Journal 08/16/18
• Las Cruces council votes down nuclear storage facility
  Albuquerque Journal 7/26/18
• Opposition rallies ahead of public hearing on Holtec site
  Carlsbad Current Argus 7/17/18
• Banner Drops Spotlight Nuclear Devastation in New Mexico
  New Mexico Poor People’s Campaign 06/04/18
• Holtec Pitches a Precursor to Yucca Mountain for Nuclear Waste
  Bloomberg News 05/31/18
• Nuclear waste storage project opposed by many during public meeting
  Albuquerque Journal 05/22/18
• Planned repository for high-level nuclear waste in Lea County draws opposition
  Santa Fe New Mexican 05/22/18
• New Mexico lawmakers hear arguments on temporary nuclear waste storage
  Santa Fe New Mexican 05/18/18
• Nuclear waste could be headed to West Texas under house bill
  Houston Chronicle 05/10/18
• Congress keen on N.M. interim storage, locals not so much
  E&E News 05/9/18
• Public Meeting on Proposed Lea Co. Interim Nuke Storage Site Slated for Tuesday
  Seminole Sentinel 04/27/18
• Activists protest nuclear storage proposal
  Roswell Daily Record 04/13/18
• Nuclear waste storage concerns expressed
  KOB4 Eyewitness News 04/12/18
• Proposed nuclear storage site debate heats up; Activists plan news conference today in Roswell
  Roswell Daily Record 04/11/18
• Nuclear Issues Study Group Roundhouse Report
  Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 03/27/18
• New Nuclear Energy and Fuel Waste Storage Facilities Emerging Near Carlsbad?
  Carlsbad Current Argus 03/26/18
• Edison Reveals Design Flaws In New Canisters Storing Nuclear Waste At San Onofre
  KPBS Public Broadcasting 03/23/18
• Plan to store spent nuclear fuel rods in NM
  Albuquerque Journal 03/16/18
• Orano, WCS Aim to Revive Spent Fuel Storage Project
  Exchange Monitor 03/14/18
• ELEA moves one step closer
  Hobbs News-Sun 03/04/18
• Interim nuclear waste storage facility moves closer to opening, despite critics
  Carlsbad Current-Argus 03/02/18
• Proposal advances to store nuclear waste in New Mexico
  Associated Press 03/02/18
• New ownership could revive Texas waste plan
  E&E News 2/01/18
• WCS is bought by private equity firm
  Midland Reporter-Telegram 1/26/18
• Groups plan opposition to proposed nuclear fuel site
  Rosewell Daily Record 12/09/17
• As Historic Flooding Grips Texas, Groups Demand Nuclear Plant Be Shut Down
  Common Dreams 08/30/17
• Credible Threat of Severe Accident at Texas Nuclear Reactors Still Running During Hurricane
  Common Dreams 08/29/17
• Power outages add to woes in water-soaked Texas
  EE News 08/29/17
• Dallas County officials to weigh in on Texas radioactive dump site proposal
  Dallas Morning News 04/03/17
• Nuke firm eyes site near WIPP for temporary waste storage
  Santa Fe – The New Mexican 03/31/17
• San Antonio passes ordinance opposing nuclear waste transport
  San Antonio Express-News, 03/31/17  Brendan Gibbons
• Texas sues feds — including Rick Perry — for failing to license nuclear waste facility
  The Texas Tribune 03/16/17
• City considering opposing nuclear waste transport
  San Antonio Express-News 03/09/17
• Activists call for city to oppose waste deliveries through city limits
  Midland Reporter-Telegram 02/28/17
• In West Texas, spent fuel storage seeks a foothold
  E&E News 02/24/17
• Bexar County commissioners say no to nuclear waste shipments
  San Antonio Express News 02/22/17
• We Do NOT Consent – Public Scoping Meetings
  Blog Post 02/16/17
• Speakers encourage NRC to rethink waste storage plan
  Midland Reporter Telegram 02/16/17
• Residents get vocal about a proposed radioactive waste disposal plant
  CBS7 News 02/16/17
• Public Forum Split Over Nuclear Facility
  ABC2 News 02/15/17
• Andrews community speak up about possible high level nuclear waste site
  News West 9 02/15/17
• Debate held on bringing high-level radioactive waste to west Texas
  CBS7 News 02/10/17
• Public Citizen: Andrews nuke waste site an open target for terrorism
  Midland Reporter-Telegram 02/09/17
• Nuke waste may be hauled through Texas
  San Antonio Express News 02/05/17
• Plan to bring high-level nuclear waste to West Texas gains steam
  Odessa American 02/03/17
• Senate committee postpones Zinke, Perry votes
  The Hill 01/23/17
• ‘Learning Curve’ as Rick Perry Pursues a Job He Initially Misunderstood
  New York Times 01/18/2017
• Feds sue to block acquisition of Dallas radioactive waste company
  Texas Tribune 11/18/16
• DOE Seeks More Information on Private Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities
  POWER Magazine 10/31/16
• WCS: Environmental study amid application process makes sense
  The Midland Reporter 11/05/16
• NRC seeks safety details about proposed nuclear waste site
  Odessa American 7/24/16
• License application for Andrews nuclear waste site missing key safety, security details
  KXXV News 6/30/16
• Two Train Crew Members Found Dead After Texas Crash
  Amarillo Globe-News /Associated Press 6/29/16
• PG&E to close Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant
  LA Times 6/21/16
• West Texas Site Applies for Nuke Waste License
  Medill News Service via The Texas Tribune 4/28/16