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A fabrication facility intended to support a nuclear waste storage facility proposed in southeast New Mexico would support at least 150 jobs in the region in addition to employment expected at the repository itself.
Holtec International, a nuclear technology company based in New Jersey, hoped to build a temporary facility to store high-level spent nuclear fuel rods near the border of Eddy and Lea counties on an interim basis while a permanent repository is developed.
Local supporters of the project, known as a consolidated interims storage facility (CISF), argued it could bring a strong economic benefit to the region through job creation and investment, while also providing a solution to the nation’s problem with nuclear waste.