As announced by a Holtec International press release, Holtec and the Eddy-Lea [Counties] Energy Alliance (ELEA) have just applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a Centralized Interim Storage Facility (CISF) construction and operation license in Southeastern New Mexico.
The Holtec-ELEA CISF would be very similar to the CISF proposed by Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS) in Andrews County, TX, only about 50 miles away!
Combined with the Louisiana Energy Services/Uranium Enrichment Corporation (LES/URENCO), immediately adjacent to WCS, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP, for military trans-uranic waste disposal), close to the Holtec/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance CISF, the nuclear establishment in government and industry is clearly attempting to turn the local area into a nuclear sacrifice zone. Our coalition must rise to the challenge of resisting this latest environmental injustice, or radioactive racism, targeted at an area with a large Latin American population, as well as a significant poverty rate.
Stay tuned for updates as they come in, in the weeks and months ahead.
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On Wed., April 5th, Holtec and ELEA held a press conference announcing their application to open a CISF in S.E. NM. The press conference was held in Room 2220 of the Rayburn House Office Building, in the Energy and Commerce Committee area.
Beyond Nuclear attended the press conference. Beyond Nuclear had prepared a press statement, and handed it out to the small number of reporters in attendance.
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The Exchange Monitor has reported on this story (please note, the article is behind a pay wall).
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