Nuke Free Texas: News Stories

Waste Dump News Stories:

WCS Waste Disposal Site Oficially Opens (11-10-11)

Orano, WCS Aim to Revive Spent Fuel Storage Project Exchange Monitor 03/14/18
New ownership could revive Texas waste plan E&E News 2/01/18
WCS is bought by private equity firm Midland Reporter-Telegram 1/26/18
Debate held on bringing high-level radioactive waste to west Texas CBS7 News 02/10/17
Public Citizen: Andrews nuke waste site an open target for terrorism Midland Reporter-Telegram 02/09/17
Plan to bring high-level nuclear waste to West Texas gains steam Odessa American 02/03/17
Feds sue to block acquisition of Dallas radioactive waste company Texas Tribune 11/18/16
WCS: Environmental study amid application process makes sense The Midland Reporter 11/05/16
DOE Seeks More Information on Private Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities
POWER Magazine 10/31/16
Culberson County Supports Nuclear Waste Plan, Judge Says Hudspeth County Herald 6/19/15
DOE speaks up on recertification Albuquerque Journal 6/18/15
Texas company announces plans for first high-level nuclear storage site EE News 02/11/15
Areva And Wcs Sign Agreement For Independent Interim Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Site AVEVA Press Release 02/09/15
Andrews County Considering Proposal to Store ‘High-Level Nuclear Waste’NewsWest 9 12/01/14
Loving County to feds: Send us your nuclear waste — and $28 billion The New York Times 09/07/14
Waste Control Specialists in Andrews Looking to Expand in the Future, Lower Liability Claims NewsWest 9 6/18/14
Stealthily loading West Texas up with radioactive waste Dallas Morning News Editorial 6/18/14
Five Suspect LANL Waste Containers Sent to Waste Control Specialists Site in TexasNuclearStreet 6/12/14
Concerns aplenty on nuclear waste San Antonio Express-News Editorial 05/30/2014
WCS’s Hiring of Legislative Aide Draws Ethics Concerns Texas Tribune 5/13/14
Examining the fallout from Texas nuclear waste proposal Austin American-Statesman 04/19/14
Court Thwarts Sierra Club’s Hazardous Waste Challenge Texas Tribune 04/16/14
Talk begins of high-level radioactive waste in Andrews AO Online 04/13/14
Los Alamos Waste Arrives in West Texas Texas Tribune 04/01/14
Loving County Judge Discusses Nuclear Waste Proposal Hudspeth County Herald 03/27/14
Workers prepare return to New Mexico nuke dump Associated Press 03/22/14
35 workers training to re-enter underground mine at troubled nuclear-waste dump Associated Press 03/22/14
LOS ALAMOS TRU TO BE STORED AT WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS Los Alamos Study Group 03/21/14
Nuclear waste from New Mexico lab may go to Texas Associated Press 03/20/14
LOS ALAMOS NUCLEAR WASTE HEADS TO TEXAS TEMPORARILY AFTER RADIATION LEAKS NextGov 03/20/14
Los Alamos lab turns to Texas to temporarily store radioactive waste Reuters News 03/20/14
Nuclear Waste Storage on Texas Lawmakers’ Agenda Texas Tribune 02/12/14
Speaker Joe Straus Opens the Door to ‘High-Level’ Radioactive Waste in Texas Texas Observer 01/31/14
Harold Simmons, GOP Mega-Donor, Dead at 82 Texas Tribune 12/29/13
Quarrels Continue Over Repository for Nuclear Waste New York Times 07/27/13
Bill Allowing Hotter Waste in Texas Passes House Texas Tribune 05/22/13
Hotter Radioactive Waste Could Be Coming To Texas StateImpact Texas 5/01/13
Simmons PAC Fined for Illegal Contributions Associated Press 1/2/13
Perry & Simmons Arm Hance Scarborough PAC Lobby Watch 10/25/12
Texas Sierra Club Fight Over Radioactive Waste Heats Up Texas Tribune 10/21/12
Harold Simmons’ Waste Company Pays County, State Texas Tribune 9/12/12
Two Texas billionaires are nation’s top Super PAC donors San Antonio Express-News 06/27/12
Texas regulators give approval to bury nuke waste BusinessWeek 4/26/12
Radwaste site’s water risks ruled secret Que Que – San Antonio Current 4/18/12
Nuke bill raises opposition from environmentalists Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 04/17/13
Bill would stop New Mexico residents from challenging Texas waste dump Austin American-Statesman 04/16/13
Radioactive waste may soon travel on DFW highways Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/15/12
Can Billionaire Simmons Bury Nuke Waste & Obama "Socialism"? Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch 4/2/12
Texas radioactive dump to open to nation The QueQue Blog, San Antonio Current 3/28/12
Texas officials approve radioactive waste dump Austin American Statesman 3/23/12
Radioactive Waste Coming to Texas for Storage KUT Austin 3/23/12
Texas company could bury 1st nuke waste in April Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/19/12
Top Republican Donor Runs Into PAC Trouble The Caucus Blog New York Times 2/24/12
Billionaire’s PAC Admits Error, Seeks Refunds Texas Tribune 2/23/12
Nuclear waste sites come to fruition in Andrews Odessa American 11/13/11
Officials prepare for opening of radioactive waste facility OA Online 11/10/11
Milton Lee returns as Perry’s dump pick San Antonio Current Blog – The Que Que 9/21/11
Perry Donor’s Radioactive Waste Site Deal Scrutinized NPR All Things Considered 9/15/11
Exclusive: Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic Reuters News 9/01/11
Proposed Andrews Truck Route Debate Heats Up KWES NewsWest 9 05/22/11
Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry’s Coffers Alternet 8/29/11
Tea Party, Green groups find common cause Dallas Morning News 04/20/11
A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste Mother Jones Magazine 3/29/11
Trust wastes away in radioactive dump decision Dallas Morning News Editorial 1/07/11
Texas Welcomes Nuclear Discards Wall Street Journal 1/05/11
Judge to RadWaste Commission: ‘Not So Fast’ Texas Observer 12/30/10
Judge halts radioactive dump plan for now Associated Press 12/30/10
Last-Minute Choice by Texas and Vermont New York Times 12/30/10
Douglas Officials Will Vote To Expand Nuclear Waste Dump VPR News 12/27/10
High-Level Worries Fort Worth Weekly 12/22/10
Don’t Trash Texas – Unless You Pay Perry $1.1 Million – Lobby Watch Texans for Public Watch 12/20/10
Shumlin Says Proposal Could Squeeze VT Out Of Nuclear Waste Dump Vermont Public Radio -NPR 12/14/10
Don’t make Texas the nation’s radioactive waste dump San Antonio Express News Guest OpEd 12/10/10
Nuclear waste dump foes argue case at Texas hearing Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 12/10/10
Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste New York Times 12/02/10
Controversial rules for Texas landfill could impact decommissioning of Vermont Yankee VTDigger.org 12/01/10
Report says nuke commission needs funding change The Associated Press 11/23/2010
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
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem The Nation Magazine 06/20/11
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
Harold Simmons Is Dallas’ Most Evil Genius D Magazine Feb/2010
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
The Dumping Ground Counterpunch 5/27/09
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