Rivard Report
Published Sep 30, 2018
Also published in Atomic Age
The group is bringing the cask on a statewide tour to represent the thousands of containers of waste that could roll through San Antonio and other cities on their way to the Waste Control Specialists‘ disposal site 30 miles outside of the Permian Basin town of Andrews, near the New Mexico border.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Published Sep 29, 2018
Also published in Beaumont Enterprise
The push to oppose the possible transport comes after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would review a license application for Interim Storage Partners, a venture between Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA.
Consolidated Interim Storage proposal of Waste Control Specialists (WCS) and Orano seeks to set up an above ground storage of this material. Their license application must first be approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Waste Control Specialists wants to bring in by rail 40,000 tons of irradiated fuel rods from nuclear reactors around the country to store at their existing waste site.
Used nuclear fuel could pass by downtown Fort Worth on its way to a high-level radioactive waste dump in West Texas, according to a proposal from Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists.
Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA created a joint venture known as Interim Storage Partners and are seeking a permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to store the radioactive waste at the Andrews County facility.
Several environmental and anti-nuclear groups have launched a campaign to raise opposition the licensing application filed by Waste Control Specialists with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to receive high-level radioactive waste at its existing low-level waste site in Andrews County, Texas.
The Consolidated Interim Storage project of Waste Control Specialists (WCS) and ORANO seeks to store 40,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste in Andrews, Texas.
Waste Control Specialists (WCS) is seeking to expand its existing low-level waste site to take high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants across the country.
