Energy & Science
U.S. Regulators Approve Texas Nuclear Dump Despite Opposition
- Plan calls for storing 40,000 tons of nuclear waste in Permian
- Unknown if project will move forward among fierce opposition
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Texas officials vowed to fight a federal regulator’s decision to approve plans to allow thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste to be stored in oil fields in the state.
“Texas will not become America’s nuclear waste dumping ground,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Twitter Tuesday. Abbott last week signed into law legislation that attempts to block the project from moving forward.