New Mexico Nuclear Waste Dump

This unlined pit has the potential to leak into local aquifers and there is evidence that contamination could already be.

Diocese of bathurst anglican. New mexico environment department spokeswoman maddy hayden said wednesday that the administration wont issue an open ended permit for the waste isolation pilot plant and any action that it can take to expedite and prioritize the disposal of waste generated by department of energy or national nuclear security administration operations in new. The mixed waste landfill mwl is an unlined dump home to low level radioactive waste including byproducts of nuclear weapons nuclear energy production metallic sodium as well as many other hazardous materials. In a remote stretch.

New mexico objects to license for nuclear fuel storage plan krqe 23 sept 20 albuquerque nm. A private company wants to store high level nuclear waste in a rural corner of new mexico. Ap the state of new mexico is strongly objecting to federal nuclear re.

The nuclear regulatory commission is considering the proposal but local support may be a challenge. New mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nations only underground nuclear waste repository a major step for us. Watchdogs push new mexico to limit us nuclear waste dump state environmental regulators are reviewing an application from the federal government to renew its permit to operate the nations only.

Michelle lujan grisham and state environmental regulators to take a stand against the federal government as it looks to extend and expand operations at the nations only underground nuclear waste repository. Nuclear utilities in the united states 60 plants in 30 states as of. Ap the first load of nuclear waste arrives in this march 26 1999 file photo at the waste isolation pilot plant site in carlsbad nm from los alamos national laboratory.

Gulators preliminary recommendation that a license be granted to build a multibillion dollar storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the us. New mexicos executive branch and activist groups continued their fight against a nuclear waste repository proposed to be built near the eddy lea county line while supporters touted promises of economic benefits to the region and southeast new mexicos role in addressing the nations nuclear waste.