A Texas Waste Storage Plan is Back. But so is the Opposition

摘要

A proposal to send used nuclear fuel to West Texas didn't end last year, but it did stall during a trip to corporate purgatory. Now a joint venture called Interim Storage Partners LLC has the plan moving forward again. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently restarted its review of a consolidated interim storage application for a site in Andrews County, Texas. And the NRC staff's safety, security and environmental reviews could be finished in summer 2020.