Facilities that process large quantities of radioactive material have the potential for significant environmental contamination due to the scale of their operations. Over time, leaks from these facilities can lead to significant radioactive contamination of the subsurface soil and groundwater. In addition, the high costs of disposing of radioactive material off-site may lead these facilities [...]
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New NRC rule would minimize “legacy sites” but might create more waste for WCS
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County Texas, Nuclear decommissioning, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear waste on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Simmons’ Cronies
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, Toxics, tagged environment, Harold Simmons, nuclear waste, texans for public justice, The Texas Solution, Toxic Waste, waste control specialists on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
All rights reserved by Public Citizen Texas Infamously dubbed by Dallas Magazine “Dallas’ Most Evil Genius”, socialite and energy tycoon Harold Simmons is no stranger to Texas lobbying. As this blog previously reported in January, Simmons has contributed $1.12 million from 2001 to September 2010 to Rick Perry significantly increasing his contributions between 6/25/2009 and [...]
HB 2184 – moving forward, but now more questions
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged nuclear waste, Texas HB 2184, WCS on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
HB 2184 was voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee earlier today. HB 2184 is a piece of legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be transported and stored at a West Texas site, and who will pay for it if something goes wrong. While this bill [...]
VOTE on Radioactive Waste – We Got Screwed
Posted in Global Warming, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County Texas, Harold Simmons, Nuclear, nuclear waste, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, Texas, vermont on January 4, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Well for those who have been waiting to hear how the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) voted on the new rule that would open Texas up to accepting radioactive waste from as many as 36 other states (and possibly beyond that), it is no surprise that the Compact Commission voted in favor of [...]
Correction and Update: VOTE on Radioactive Waste NOT Halted
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, nuclear waste, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, water, WCS on January 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
UPDATE: Judge Sam Sparks of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas just dismissed the case to enjoin the Compact Commission meeting tomorrow, saying while he was concerned about the issue of citizen’s ability to participate fully, he did not have jurisdiction to enjoin the meeting, and threw the whole case out allowing [...]
Judge orders halt to Compact Commission meeting: did opponents of expansion of waste dump just win?
Posted in Radioactive Waste, tagged nuclear waste, Public Citizen, radioactive waste on December 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
UPDATE: Hope you’ve been keeping an eye on this, but just needed to point out there have been major developments on this which make this post now completely false. We don’t believe in just dumping things down the memory hole here, but do believe in making sure we get things right. The updates are all [...]
Hearing to reconsider allowing radioactive waste shipments from around the country into Texas scheduled November 13th
Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged environment, Low level waste, Nuclear, nuclear waste, radioactive waste, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, united states department of energy, WCS on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission TLLRWDCC will meet in Midland, Texas a week from Saturday (November 13th) to reconsider adopting a rule that was withdrawn in July that would allow for export of low-level radioactive waste for management and disposal from facilities outside of the Texas Compact, this will be followed by a host of generator [...]
Radioactive waste dump owner forks over another quarter million dollars to Perry
Posted in Nuclear, tagged campaign contributions, influence pedaling, nuclear waste, perry, radioactive waste, Simmons, WCS on October 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rick Perry’s latest campaign cash report shows Harold Simmons has just given Perry another $250,000 at the same time that he’s seeking permission to expand his Andrews County radioactive waste dump so 36 other states can dump their “low-level” radioactive waste right here in Texas. This brings Simmons’ contributions to Perry up to almost $900,000. Simmons’ [...]
Federal Investigation of Texas’ Radioactive Waste Dump Urged
Posted in Nuclear, tagged environmental, EPA, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear waste, public citizen texas, TCEQ, waste control specialists, WCS on August 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
NRC and EPA called upon to examine radioactive waste site and licensing process, risks of groundwater contamination and potential risks to the Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight states AUSTIN – Environmental groups today asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the radioactive waste storage and [...]
HEARING ON NUKE DUMP NOW SET FOR SATURDAY
Posted in Nuclear, TCEQ, tagged Nuclear, nuclear waste, waste on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At a time when lax regulatory oversight has contributed to such catastrophic problems for our nation as the financial crisis and the BP oil spill, Texas may be in the process of setting itself up for a fiscally disastrous and environmentally catastrophic future – all because of a vote by an appointed committee taking place [...]
Texans Don’t Want Texas to Become a Dumping Ground for the Nation’s Radioactive Waste
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Nuclear, nuclear waste on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new poll shows 70% of Texans oppose importing radioactive waste to Texas for storage in Andrews County. Yet a crucial vote on a new rule by non-elected members of a commission could make Texas into the radioactive waste dump for the nation, and perhaps the world. Originally only Texas and two other states could [...]
San Antonio Anti-Nuclear Film Series
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Energy, esperanza peace and justice center, Nuclear, nuclear waste, nukes, plutonium, uranium mining on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, October 8th the Esperanza Peace & Justice center continues the Other and Out & Beyond film series with a day on nuclear energy and the devastating effects of uranium mining, nuclear waste and contamination. This event is Free and open to the public, though donations are appreciated. All films will be held at the [...]
WATCH: San Antonio Clean Tech Forum- The Great Nuclear Debate
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, CPS Energy, Craig Sererence, economics of nuclear, no to nuclear, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, nuclear waste, Patrick Moore, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, STP on September 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Many of you have been clamoring for these videos of the clean tech forum that we attended on Wednesday, so here they are in streaming digital goodness. Outside the event we caught up with two of the panelists from the forum, specifically the ones opposed to San Antonio investing in the new nuclear expansion. First, [...]
Local Power/Energia Mia Update
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Budget, coalition, CPS Energy, Energia Mia, Energy, Grass roots, Local Power, Municiple utilities, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Organizing, Reactor, San Antonio, South Texas Project on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CPS has a meeting today at Firefighters Union Hall (8925-IH10 WEST) from 6:00-8:00 pm. Anyone from District 8 is encouraged to attend and speak for the cause. Each person gets three minutes of talk time and the Local Power/Energia Mia Coalition needs to have its concerns about the South Texas Projects Proposed expansion voiced by [...]
Friday Recommended Reading
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged andrews waste dump, cap and trade, carbon offsets, carbonfund, climate change, costs of inaction, greenhouse gasses, houston chronicle, mayland, net metering, New York Times, nuclear waste, nuclear waste dump, photovoltaics world, Washington Post, waxman-markey on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a Friday wrap-up, all the news that’s fit to link: The Cost of Climate Inaction, Op-Ed in the Washington Post An Affordable Salvation, New York Times Op-Ed about the benefits of cap and trade Carbon Offsets in Waxman-Markey Bill, An Overview, Carbonfund.org Blog Maryland Passes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, SustainableBusiness.com News Cap and [...]
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