Beyond Nuclear press release: NRC APPROVES TEXAS NUCLEAR WASTE ‘INTERIM’ STORAGE FACILITY, BUT A NEW TEXAS LAW AND A FEDERAL COURT CHALLENGE COULD PREVENT THE PROJECT FROM GOING FORWARD

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NRC APPROVES TEXAS NUCLEAR WASTE ‘INTERIM’ STORAGE FACILITY, BUT A NEW TEXAS LAW AND A FEDERAL COURT CHALLENGE COULD PREVENT THE PROJECT FROM GOING FORWARD

Contacts:      Kevin Kamps,  kevin@beyondnuclear.org, 269-716-8174
Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988

[Andrews County, Texas – September 14] Late yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced it approved licensing for Interim Storage Partners’ controversial consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) in Andrews County in West Texas, on the New Mexico border.  The facility is designed to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants across the U.S. But NRC approval notwithstanding, a new Texas law and a federal court challenge may block the project.

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