New Mexico County Shows Support to Nuclear Waste Site near Carlsbad

摘要

Despite assurances from the chairman of the Eddy Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA) that safety tests conducted on transported spent nuclear fuel rods were safe, the chairperson of the Eddy County Board of Commissioners cast the lone vote against a resolution supporting an interim storage facility east of Carlsbad. The resolution passed Tuesday night 4-1. "I'm not for it or against it," said Commissioner Jon Henry, who represents District 2. Henry told John Heaton, ELEA chairman, that most people in the Artesia area are not well informed on the proposed nuclear waste site, its operations or the level of safety proposed for the site.