"...you can't have economic activity in a radioactive dead zone."

As reported by InsideSources, in an article entitled "Opposition Grows to New Mexico High-Level Nuclear Waste Site."

The article quotes Beyond Nuclear:

Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear, a nonprofit group that has been one of the leaders in the fight against the site, said environmental groups have partnered with oil and gas companies and agricultural businesspeople — who are in opposition to the Holtec proposal — “because you can’t have economic activity in a radioactive dead zone.”

“Our major concern is that it could become de facto permanent surface storage,” Kamps told Inside Sources. “There is no guarantee that Yucca Mountain will ever open. So New Mexico could be stuck with this waste forever.”

Both Kamps and the governor said since there is no permanent site, over time it is likely the casks holding SNF will lose integrity and require repackaging.

New Mexico’s governor comes out against nuclear waste site

As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Governor opposes radioactive waste storage in New Mexico (Santa Fe New Mexican)

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/governor-opposes-radioactive-waste-storage-in-new-mexico/article_7be33263-d0bb-5678-8a9c-5266212a1505.html

See Gov. Lujan Grisham's letter, here.

Halting Holtec – A Challenge for Nuclear Safety Advocates

An article by James Heddle, published in Counterpunch.

Beyond Nuclear rebuts NRC's motion to dismiss before U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Beyond Nuclear's legal counsel, Diane Curran of Washington, DC, and Mindy Goldstein of Atlanta, GA, sent a letter to the second highest court in the land, rebutting yet another motion to dismiss filed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 3rd, re: the consolidated interim storage facilities targeted at New Mexico and Texas. See Beyond Nuclear's June 7th letter, here.