Spent nuclear fuel cask
A cask for transporting spent nuclear fuel by rail to "temporary" nuclear storage facilities. Source: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy

Stuff you need to know, 3.18.23

“New Mexico opts for veto power on spent nuclear fuel debate”
by Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press; reposted by KOB Channel 4
March 17, 2023

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation on Friday aimed at keeping spent nuclear fuel produced by commercial U.S. nuclear power plants from being shipped to the state, just hours after the measure cleared its final legislative hurdle.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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  1. Wait what? Spent nuclear fuel on the trains (“even with a derailment the canisters will not break”) – HA! Carbon free energy by 2035 (umm, for irradiated people?)

    Thank you Michelle! As long as we depend on nuclear fuel we will not push for REAL clean energy!

  2. 28 Republiklans and 5 Demo thought HOLTEC and “interim” (read temporary) storage of high-level public power utility spent fuel waste was a good idea for the Military Colony of New Mexico. This measure failed last session and if we are not vigilant, it could be repealed by future legislatures. The fight continues to keep DOE from expanding the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Project) in size, scope, and duration.

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