ANDREWS – Several opponents of storing spent fuel at Waste Control Specialists’ (WCS) sites in far west Andrews County made their positions known during the public forum session at Tuesday’s commissioners court meeting.
WCS, which has pursued interim storage of used fuel for more than five years following a state evaluation of what to do with Texas’ nuclear power plant waste, could receive a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the third quarter this fiscal year, WCS representatives said.
A WCS spokesperson said the NRC could release the Environmental Impact Statement by the end of next month and a decision ...