"Nuclear: A Texas Waste Storage Plan Is Back. So Is The Opposition"

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.

Critics are worried about what's brewing. They're asking questions and hoping for more public meetings. Some would like to halt the project. One of the chief opponents knows the proposal won't be easy to stop, but she's working to rally Texans and others against the plan."

Edward Klump reports for EnergyWire September 11, 2018.