Originally Meant for New Mexico, Diverted Nuclear Waste Arrives in West Texas
(Waste Control Specialists)
The first in a series of radioactive waste shipments arrives in Andrews County on Wednesday, April 2.
A truckload of radioactive waste that was originally meant to wind up at a storage site in Carlsbad, New Mexico arrived in West Texas today.
It was just the first of many thatĀ will be crossing the state line into Andrews Countyover the coming months.
The waste was initially headed for theWaste Isolation Pilot PlantĀ in Carlsbad, but that siteās been shuttered for over a month after what officials have described as a small leakĀ contaminated 17 workers. Continue Reading