The tagline that often accompanies the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's logo is "Protecting People and the Environment."
“NM leaders decry federal license for nuclear storage facility”
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued Holtec International a license on Tuesday that will allow the company to construct and operate a facility in southeast New Mexico that will temporarily store nuclear waste from power plants across the country. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Raúl Torrez vowed in a joint statement to “take any action necessary to make sure that ground is never broken on this ‘interim’ facility, ” joining a chorus of other New Mexico officials and environmental activists in immediately opposing the license.
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“Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space”
In a May 9 earnings call, company executives said they were on track to perform the first spaceflight in nearly two years by its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle, VSS Unity, in late May from Spaceport America in New Mexico. That flight, designated Unity 25, is intended to be a final test before beginning commercial flights.
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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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