Waste Control Specialists – Radioactive Waste Dump

Andrews County is poised to become the nation’s largest and perhaps one of the most deadly radioactive and hazardous waste dumps, mainly for nuclear power and weapons waste.

Factsheets & Reports:

• Comments Made Before Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
  • SEED Coalition Comments 4/13/10
  • IEER Memo to SEED Coalition on LLRW 4/13/10
  • Fairewinds Associates Inc. Comments 4/13/10
  • Sierra Club – Lone Star Chapter Comments 3/16/10
  • League of Women Voters Texas Comments 4/13/10
  • Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) Comments 4/13/10
  • NIRS U.S. Commercial "Low-Level" Radioactive Waste Disposal Sites Fact Sheet April, 2009
  • What’s Wrong with the Texas Compact Commission Import Rule? Factsheet
• Questions Rep. Lon Burnam asked of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
• SEED Comments on Import-Export Rule 1/21/10
• Dr. Arjun Makhijani – Nuclear Expert Memo 1/15/10
• NIRS: US Low-Level Radioactive Waste Sites 4/29/09
• Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission Stakeholders Draft Rule 12/10/09
• "Low-Level" Radioactive Waste Is Not Low Risk April 2009
• United States Commercial "Low-Level" Radioactive Waste Disposal Sites Fact Sheet April 2009
• Radioactive Waste Compacts Map

Press Releases:

• Protect Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump January 22, 2010
• Stop Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump December 10, 2009
• No Bonds for Billionaires Group Opposes County Bonds for Radioactive Waste Dump May 5, 2009
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Depleted Uranium Risks Votes to Ignore Sound Science, its Own Prior Analysis, and Radiological Safety March 18, 2009
• Radioactive Risks for West Texas March 6, 2009
• Radioactive Risks of the Andrews County Nuclear Waste Dump March 4, 2009

News Stories:

• No room for error at radioactive waste site Dallas Morning News Editorial 6/30/10
• Texas reworking plan for radioactive waste shipments Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6/29/10
• Two more violations found at nuclear waste dump Associated Press 6/27/10
• Texas commission to retool nuclear waste plan Associated Press / Dallas Morning News 6/15/10
• Protestors Outnumbered During WCS Protest in Andrews NewsWest 9 6/12/10
• WCS Meeting Brings Out Local Protest CBS7 9 6/12/10
• Texas commissioners hold hearing on nuclear waste Associated Press/Dallas Morning News 6/12/10
• We must protect Texas from others’ radioactive waste Karen Hadden Guest OpEd Austin American Statesman 6/10/10
• Atomic Waste Gets ‘Temporary’ Home Wall Street Journal 6/2/10
• Proposal to truck radioactive waste through Texas to be considered soon Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/29/10
• Strong Majority Of Texas Voters Opposed To Radioactive Waste Landfill Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club 4/29/10
• Vermont consultants urge delay of Texas nuke dump expansion rule San Antonio Current QueBlog 4/15/10
• Radioactive Waste Commission Punts Texas Observer 12/11/09
• Water, Water Everywhere The Texas Observer 6/12/09
• Half-Life of a Radioactive Waste Scheme The Texas Observer 6/4/09
• Heading to Texas, Hudson’s Toxic Mud Stirs Town New York Times 5/30/09
• Recount Doesn’t Change Results in Andrews County Bond Election NewsWest 9 5/14/09
• Andrews County judge verifying signatures on recount petition Midland Reporter-Telegram 5/12/09
• Andrews voters narrowly approve controversial bond issue KCBD 5/11/09
• Group Demands Recount in WCS Bond Election NewsWest9 5/11/09
• $75 Million Dollar Bond Election Passes in Andrews NewsWest 9 5/09/09
• West Texas county to vote on funding nuke site AP 5/07/09
• In Bondage to Radioactive Waste The Texas Observer 5/7/09
• WCS Disposal Site Stirs Controversy Among Environmentalists News West 9 4/30/09
• Texas company: We want nation’s radioactive waste Forbes 4/14/09
• NRC Sees No Difference Between Foreign and Domestic Waste KCPW 4/14/09
• NRC tells Utah officials it can’t ban importation of nuclear waste AP 4/13/09
• Fort Worth lawmaker airs concerns about low-level nuclear waste being transported on Texas roads Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/12/09
• WCS pushing Andrews election Odessa American Online 4/10/09
• ‘Even the Mafia was more circumspect’: Glenn Shankle goes from regulator to lobbyist The Texas Observer 4/9/09
• Good to Glow Texas Observer 4/04/09
• Andrews County sets bond election to finance Waste Control Specialists’ project Midland Reporter-Telegram 3/23/09
• NRC Decision on Depleted Uranium Draws Rebuke on Hill New York Times 3/20/09
• Radioactive Risks for West Texas Mudville News 3/10/2009
• Environmental Groups Protesting Radioactive Waste Storage in Andrews KWES9 3/6/09
• Concerned Representatives Speak Out on Radioactive Waste CBS 7 News 3/6/09
• Andrews dump site OA Online 3/6/09
• The Regional LLRW Compacts -Can They Still Be a Vehicle for RadWaste Management CalRad Forum Discussion
• Just Another Day in the Life of Low-Level Radwaste Generators July 1, 2008 by Studsvik and Waste Control Specialists in RadWaste Solutions May/June 2008
• Wasted in West Texas The Texas Observer 8/21/08
• TCEQ’s Latest Radioactive Move The Texas Observer 8/12/08
• Heads-Up: Radioactive Waste Decision Tomorrow The Texas Observer 5/20/08
• RadWaste Plan Inches Forward Texas Observer 3/18/08
• Texas Waste Dump News Compilation of articles on WCS