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Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste. Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste.    The proposal would give a nuclear waste company a big financial break. A bill advancing in the House seeks to ban spent nuclear fuel, one of the most dangerous types of radioactive waste, from coming to Texas. TEXAS TRIBUNE, BY ERIN DOUGLAS APRIL 8, 2021  As a nuclear waste company’s plan to store the most dangerous type of radioactive waste in West Texas moves forward at...

/ The Waste Control Specialists hazardous waste facility in Andrews County near the Texas-New Mexico border. A bill advancing in the House seeks to ban high-level radioactive waste from being stored in Texas. As a nuclear waste company’s plan to store the most dangerous type of radioactive waste in West Texas moves forward at the federal level, state lawmakers are aiming to ban the materials from entering the state. Environmental and consumer advocates for years have decried a proposal to b...

The Waste Control Specialists hazardous waste facility in Andrews County near the Texas-New Mexico border. A bill advancing in the House seeks to ban high-level radioactive waste from being stored in Texas. Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune As a nuclear waste company’s plan to store the most dangerous type of radioactive waste in West Texas moves forward at the federal level, state lawmakers are aiming to ban the materials from entering the state. Environmental an...

Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste. The proposal would give a nuclear waste company a big financial break. Texas Tribune Tags:  Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune As a nuclear waste company’s plan to store the most dangerous type of radioactive waste in West Texas moves forward at the federal level, state lawmakers are aiming to ban the materials from entering the state. Environmental and consumer advocates for years have decried a proposal to build a 332-acre sit...

–As Liberia’s Infectious Diseases Expert Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan calls for border closure By Robin Dopoe and Jana-Astrid Schäfer The World Health Organization has warned Liberia and six other African counties to be alert for possible Ebola infection as case continue to climb in Guinea. The alert, which was issued yesterday, comes after Guinea report 10 additional suspected cases of the Ebola virus and five deaths. According to the WHO’s Margaret Harris, they have alerted Liberia including...

Waste Control Specialists has been disposing of the nation’s low-level nuclear waste — including tools, building materials and protective clothing exposed to radioactivity — for a decade at a hazardous waste facility in Andrews County, on the New Mexico border. Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune To get rid of eight gallons of water, the U.S. Department of Energy spent $100,000. It’s little more than half a tank of gasoline in a midsize car, but the radioactiv...

West Texas is on track to get even more nuclear waste — thanks to the federal government Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Waste Control Specialists has been disposing of the nation’s low-level nuclear waste — including tools, building materials and protective clothing exposed to radioactivity — for a decade at a hazardous waste facility in Andrews County, on the New Mexico border. (Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune) To get rid of eight gallons of water, the U.S. Department of En...