Counter Punch
Published Oct 5, 2018
By John LaForge
Also published in Duluth Reader
The private company Waste Control Specialists (WCS) or “Interim Storage Partners” wants to place a high-level radioactive waste dump site (called a “centralized interim storage facility”) in West Texas.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Published Oct 4, 2018
By Simone Jasper
The proposed shipments of used nuclear fuel again entered local conversation after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would review an application for Interim Storage Partners.
Since resuming emplacement of waste from other DOE sites in April 2017, WIPP has accepted shipments from the Idaho National Laboratory, Waste Control Specialists in Texas, Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
