“Will New Mexico’s new law stop a proposed nuclear waste dump?”
by Hannah Grover and Searchlight New Mexico
NM Political Report, May 2, 2023
If challenged by the federal government in court, the state will have to proved that the bill permitting control over nuclear waste storage facilities is not based on safety concerns. Nuclear safety, including the storage and transport of radioactive waste, falls under the federal government’s purview.
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“Calls for clean-up intensify around Kirtland Air Force Base’s spill into ABQ’s groundwater”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
May 3, 2023
A decades-old fuel spill has been in the investigation phase for more than 20 years. New Mexico is now prepared to issue fine if federal government doesn’t start remediation work.
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