Holtec and the NRC are required to hold in-person meetings to solicit public comment on the drafted Environmental Impact Statement for the site. Five of those
DOE-EM Senior Advisor William 'Ike' White, left, and NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby at the April 4 town hall in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O'Neill/losalamosreporter.com BY MAIRE O'NEILLmaire@losalamosreporter.com William “Ike” White, Senior Advisor to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM), joined National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Jill Hruby for a hybrid…
Efforts to limit the amount of nuclear waste in New Mexico took a major step forward Wednesday as lawmakers introduced a bill that would essentially ban the storage of high-level
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Waste Control Specialists has been disposing of the nation’s low-level nuclear waste including tools, building materials and protective clothing exposed to radioactivity for a decade at a hazardous waste facility in Andrews County, on the New Mexico border. Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune
To get rid of eight gallons of water, the U.S. Department of Energy spent $100,000.
It’s little more than half a tank of gasoline in a midsize car, but the radioactive shipment from South Carolina to a West Texas company last fall marked one change that could lead to more nuclear waste traveling to Texas waste that, until recently, was considered too dangerous to be disposed of.