The company has for years pursued the idea of using an existing site in Andrews County, on the Texas border with New Mexico, as a long-term home for much of the nation’s “high-level” nuclear waste.
Monica Perales, an attorney for the company and an associated trade group called Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners, said even a minor mishap with shipments of radioactive waste through West Texas could disrupt the nation’s energy supply.
It’s unclear what impact Friday’s ruling will have on a separate company’s plans for a nuclear waste site just across the West Texas border in New Mexico.a high-level nuclear waste storage license to Holtec International. The company, essentially a rival of Interim Storage Partners, has pursued its own proposal for a long-term nuclear waste storage site in Lea County, New Mexico. But as in Texas, the Holtec plan has faced growing opposition and has been blocked by state lawmakers.
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