Nuclear waste storage plant near Carlsbad seeks expansion

New Mexico holds nuclear waste key

Columbia Daily Tribune -

As a way to dispose of the nation's high-level nuclear waste, it is time to adopt the consent-based approach that was successfully used in selecting a site for a deep-geologic repository in southeastern New Mexico. Such an approach led to public acceptance ...http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/sep/23/new-mexico-holds-nuclear-waste-key/

Nuclear waste storage plant near Carlsbad seeks expansion

Las Cruces Sun-News - ‎

SANTA FE — After 13 years of operating safely and in obscurity, New Mexico's underground repository for transuranic radioactive waste is nudging back into headlines. A highway project by the state proposes to temporarily change the route of loaded trucks ...http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_21608941/nuclear-waste-storage-plant-near-carlsbad-seeks-expansion

Nuclear quagmire

Toledo Blade - ‎Sep 21, 2012‎

Congress needs to halt the nation's buildup of highly radioactive spent nuclear-reactor fuel. It must settle, once and for all, the issue of finding a permanent, central repository site for nuclear waste. In June, a federal appeals court told the U.S. Nuclear ...http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2012/09/22/Nuclear-quagmire.html