If approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the project by Interim Storage Partners, a joint venture between Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA, would transport nuclear waste from around the country to the consolidated site in Texas and store it until a long-term storage site becomes available, according to the venture's website.
San Antonio Current
Published Sep 26, 2018
Also published in EIN News
If approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a project by Interim Storage Partners — a partnership between Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA — would ship 40,000 tons of irradiated fuel rods from reactors around the country to West Texas' Andrews County.
The NRC is reviewing Holtec International’s application for a southeastern New Mexico storage facility with an anticipated maximum capacity for over 170,000 metric tons of spent fuel, along with an application from Orano-Waste Control Specialists joint venture Interim Storage Partners (ISP) for a 40,000-metric-ton-capacity site in West Texas.
