NRC staff recommends approval of Andrews nuclear waste site
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released its final environmental impact statement this week for a proposed nuclear waste site in Andrews County, and with it, NRC staff recommended that the commission grant a license to the company seeking to store high-level nuclear waste.
Interim Storage Partners, a joint venture of Waste Control Specialists and Orano CIS, applied for a license in 2016 to store 5,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel for 40 years, until the federal government constructs a permanent repository. ISP officials have said they intend to expand the facility to hold 40,000 metric tons of spent fuel after initial approval.
“After considering the environmental impacts of the proposed action, the NRC staff recommend granting the proposed license,” a spokesperson for the NRC said in a press release.
In a copy of the final environmental impact statement, NRC staff said their recommendation came after weighing the impacts of the proposed site and comparing those impacts to the “No-Action alternative.”
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(Midland Reporter-Telegram)
