Nuclear Hotseat: Radioactive Nuclear Waste Dump Dangers – Kevin Kamps

Listen to the Nuclear Hotseat interview, by host Libbe HaLevy, of Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, HERE. (Introduction begins at the 3 minute, 40 second mark; the interview proper begins at the 4 minute, 45 second mark, and concludes at the 35 minute, 40 second mark.)

This Week’s Featured Interviews:

• Radioactive nuclear waste dump dangers are the primary wheelhouse of Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog (bullldog?) for Beyond Nuclear.  Kevin specializes in high-level waste management and transportation; new and existing reactors; decommissioning; environmental and public health risks associated with government and industry efforts to dump commercial irradiated fuel rods on Native American lands in the western United States. We spoke on Thursday, September 23, 2021.
• LINKS mentioned in the episode:
  • New Beyond Nuclear fact sheets opposing Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities
    Eight fact sheets intended for members of Congress and their staff members as well as other officials at all levels of government — federal, state, county, local, and Indigenous.

• • Beyond Nuclear’s Centralized Storage website sub-section:
    Links to a timeline of articles dealing with West Texas nuclear waste storage parking lot, uhr, radioactive waste storage facility.

Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site

• Reuters - Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site - By Sebastien Malo

Texas steps up fight against nuclear waste dump in state

• Houston Chronicle - Texas steps up fight against nuclear waste dump in state - Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg

Texas files lawsuit against NRC for licesning ISP CISF

The Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Paxton filed the lawsuit on behalf of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This lawsuit against the NRC argues that the agency's Sept. 13, 2021 approval for the Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility license is unlawful, and should be vacated. The case was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Update on September 24, 2021 by admin

Texas sues NRC after nuke dump gets federal approval

as reported by Julie Thibodeaux in GreenSourceDFW.

Update on September 24, 2021 by admin

• Reuters - Texas asks 5th Circ to block license for nuclear waste site - By Sebastien Malo

New Mexico backs Texas in opposing nuclear fuel storage

As reported by the Associated Press.

Please note there is an error in the AP article. When it refers to "231 million tons of other radioactive waste," it should have said 231 metric tons -- it is referring to Greater Than Class C (GTCC) "low-level" (albeit highly radioactive!) radioactive waste.