Centralized Storage
With the scientifically unsound proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump now canceled, the danger of "interim" storage threatens. This means that radioactive waste could be "temporarily" parked in open air lots, vulnerable to accident and attack, while a new repository site is sought.
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Entries from March 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020
March 12, 2020Plan to store nuke fuel in New Mexico gets 1st regulatory OK
Reported by AP, reprinted in the San Luis Obispo, CA Tribune.
Ironically, the SLO Tribune neglected to mention that SLO Mothers for Peace is an official intervenor opposed to the Holtec CISF. SLOMPF is one of seven grassroots environmental groups in the Don't Waste Michigan et al. coalition, represented by attorney Terry Lodge of Toledo, OH.
Holtec clears hurdle in bid to build nuclear-waste facility in New Mexico
As reported by the Cherry Hill Courier-Post.
Cherry Hill, NJ, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA, has long been a headquarters for Holtec International's radioactive waste-focused schemes.
The article quotes Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps:
But the NRC's stance will only stiffen opposition to Holtec's plan, said Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear, a Maryland-based advocacy group that is part of an environmental coalition fighting the project.
"It's just a matter of redoubling our efforts," said Kamps, who noted the project's foes are currently appealing an earlier decision in Holtec's favor by the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
"I think more and more people in this country are realizing this company can't be trusted," he said of Holtec.
Critics previously have expressed concern over the possible release of radioactivity from the canisters and the risks of transporting nuclear waste to the remote facility.
Critics also contend Holtec's facility, although described as an "interim" storage site, could become a permanent fixture.
Kamps predicted the fight over the project could end up in court, because critics contend any license granted by the NRC would violate federal law.
Draft federal review boosts N.M. storage site
A proposed interim storage facility for nuclear waste in southeastern New Mexico would cause limited environmental damage, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's draft environmental impact statement released yesterday.
As reported by E&E News. (The article is behind a pay wall.)
