Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is seeking several amendments to its Radioactive Material License # R04100 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Five of the amendments request design changes to the Compact Waste Disposal Facility (CWF) and the Federal Waste Facility (FWF) for commercial and federal low-level radiactive waste disposal. The other two amendment [...]
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Radioactive waste dump seeking amendment to its license
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, Water, tagged environment, radipactove waste, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, waste control specialists, WCS on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste, Spent nuclear fuel, WCS on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of their useful life, and operating licenses are generally for [...]
WCS and Texas Wildfires
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged andrews county, radioactive waste, Texas wildfires, WCS on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As fires rage throughout Texas, we should remember that besides brush, farm land and homes, wildfires are a danger to many industrial sites. According to today’s Texas Forest Service incident management situation report, a wildfire designated the Frying Pan Ranch fire in Andrews Co. has been contained, but not before scorching 80,907 acres. While a [...]
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 [...]
HB 2184 – A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, HB 2184, Nuclear, radioactive waste, WCS on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
HB 2184 will probably be voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee later this afternoon and so far, legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be stored at a West Texas site is moving forward in favor of the private operator, giving them the power to negotiate [...]
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 [...]
Texas may get a lump of radioactive waste in their stocking if billionaire donor to Governor Perry has his way
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County waste dump, Grinch, Harold Simmons, radioactive waste, waste control specialists, WCS on December 23, 2010 | 7 Comments »
UPDATED: Thanks to everyone who commented! We’ll have a blog wrapup/ news release ASAP. VIDEO FROM OUR PRESS CONFERENCE ! And check our flikr photostream here on the blog for non moving pictures from this morning, if that’s more your thing. We now return you to your regularly scheduled snark, already in progress. ORIGINAL POST: [...]
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 [...]
Things to know about the TCEQ air-permitting controversy
Posted in Good Government, Sunset, tagged emissions, EPA, glenn shankle, Mark Vickery, Oak Grove, perry, Sunset, TCEQ, Texas, waste control specialists, WCS on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Background: What the controversy is all about On May 25, 2010, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) barred the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) from issuing a permit to a refinery in Corpus Christi. EPA said that the process used to justify that permit violated the Clean Air Act. EPA’s Region 6 Administrator, Al [...]
Don’t Let Texas Become the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dumping Ground
Posted in Nuclear, tagged andrews county, aquifers, compact commission, corruption, dumping ground, glenn shankle, good to glow, governor perry, groundwater, inadequate site, low level radioactive waste, no bonds for billionaires, Nuclear Power, Nuke Free Texas, nukes, politics, Public Citizen, rad waste, radioactive contamination, radioactive waste dump, save the ogallalaa aquifer, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, TCEQ, Texas, texas capitol, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas compact commission stakeholder meeting, vermont, waste control specialists, WCS, west texas on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join us next Thursday, December 10th to help stop Texas from becoming the nation’s radioactive waste dump! Please Come: Texas Compact Commission Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, December 10th at 9am Texas Capitol, Extension Auditorium, E1.004 You are invited to attend the press conference as well, held by the SEED Coalition, Public Citizen, and Sierra Club, on [...]
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