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House Bill Would Revive Mothballed Nevada Nuclear Waste Dump

Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2018 · The bill would direct the Energy Department to continue a licensing process for Yucca Mountain while also moving forward with a separate plan for a temporary storage site in New Mexico or Texas

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Energy & Environment

Could Rick Perry Influence West Texas Nuclear Waste Plan?

Travis Bubenik

Posted on March 17, 2017 · Perry said during his confirmation hearing in January that he’s been open to Texas helping solve the waste problem.

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Paxton Sues Federal Government For Not Acting On Nuclear Waste Site

Travis Bubenik

Posted on March 15, 2017 · The lack of an answer to the nuclear waste problem frustrated Rick Perry - now Energy Secretary - when he was governor.

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Texas Game Wardens Are Now Looking For Poachers … and Terrorists

Dave Fehling

Posted on March 18, 2016 · Along the Texas coast, game wardens will now carry radiation detectors.

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Energy & Environment

West Texas Site Wants Nation’s Spent Nuclear Fuel

Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune

Posted on February 10, 2015 · The country has been trying to figure out for decades what to do with the high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The operators of a nuclear waste dump in West Texas have told federal officials they'd be happy to take it.

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