Texas Nuclear Safety: Newsroom

Newsroom

Here you’ll find a compilation of important news stories covering the waste dump site in Andrews County, Texas. Have an article to share? Send it our way.

Coalition Documents

Press Releases

11/28/2010 – “Texas At Risk of Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dumping Ground”

05/05/2010 – “Rep. Lon Burnam Applauds Radioactive Waste Commission for Delaying Important Rule Vote”

04/29/2010 – Lone Star Sierra Club: “Strong Majority Of Texas Voters Opposed To Radioactive Waste Landfill”

01/22/2010 – SEED Coalition: “Protect Texas from Becoming Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump”

12/10/2009 – SEED Coalition: “Stop Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump”

Featured Press Coverage

Dallas Morning News	1/12/2011 – “Trust wastes away in radioactive dump decision”
Houston Chronicle	1/10/2011 – “Bad Timing: Commission decision to open radioactive waste facility to nation seems rushed”

Additional Press Coverage

The Nation	06/20/2011 – “Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem”
Bloomberg	12/10/2010 – “Foes of nuke rules argue case at Texas hearing”
D Magazine	12/10/2010 – “Harold Simmons and WCS Race To Make Texas the Nation’s Nuclear Waste Dump”
New York Times	12/30/2010 – “A Last-Minute Choice by Texas and Vermont” 12/03/2010 – “Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste”
Vermont Digger	12/01/2010 – “Controversial rules for Texas landfill could impact decommissioning of Vermont Yankee”
Star Telegram	05/29/2010 – “Proposal to truck radioactive waste through Texas to be considered soon”
Dallas Morning News	06/30/2010 – “No room for error at radioactive waste site” 06/15/2010 – “Texas commission to retool nuclear waste plan” 05/22/2010 – “Texas may get nuclear waste from dozens of states”
Austin American-Statesmen	06/12/2010 – “Texas commissioners hold hearing on nuclear waste” 05/10/2010 – “Rudolph’s nose won’t be only thing glowing around Andrews over Christmas” 05/09/2010 – “Texas dump might get other states’ radioactive waste”
San Antonio Current	05/05/2010 – “Texas Legislators stall efforts to expand West Texas nuke dump”
Texans for Public Justice	12/20/2010 – “Don’t Trash Texas – Unless You Pay Perry $1.1 Million” 06/03/2010 – Recusal Urged For All Texas Justices In Radioactive Contributor Case 04/29/2010 – Nuclear Compact with the Devil?
Houston Chronicle	06/27/2010 – Nuke waste site has more troubles
Texas Observer	05/10/2010 – Radioactive Waste Dump over Ogallala Aquifer?
In These Times	05/16/2010 – How Does Your Water Glow?