*[Enwl-eng] Tell Congress: NO taxpayer $$ for hauling dangerous nuclear waste across the country

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Tell Congress: No taxpayer dollars for Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS) 
facilities to store nuclear waste in New Mexico and Texas. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
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                                We told you earlier this year that the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) is considering proposals to build 
Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS) facilities to store nuclear waste in New 
Mexico and Texas.

                                Now Congress is getting in on the act. The 
House and Senate are considering two bills, called the Energy and Water 
Appropriations Acts, that authorize and fund these facilities.

                                Congress needs to pull the brakes on CIS 
facilities and work with states to find scientifically and publicly 
acceptable alternatives. Tell Congress: No taxpayer dollars for CIS 
facilities in Texas and New Mexico.


                                Take Action Now


                                Both Texas and New Mexico are opposed to 
these facilities and the rest of the country should be as well. Both sites 
are unjustly targeted for Hispanic communities. Hauling nuclear waste is 
extremely dangerous and risky. To reduce risk, the waste should be 
transported only once, from the reactor sites to a permanent isolation 
facility.

                                Building these so-called ‘interim’ sites 
would require hauling dangerous, high-level nuclear waste all over the 
country twice: Once to the ‘interim’ sites, then once again to the permanent 
site—if that is ever built. If the permanent site is not built, the ‘interim’ 
sites could become de-facto permanent storage sites. Hispanic communities in 
New Mexico and Texas would become the latest victims of the nuclear 
industry.

                                These is also the issue of consent from the 
communities targeted for CIS facilities. Both bills call for a 
“consent-based approach” to building the facilities, but neither New Mexico 
nor Texas have consented to them so far. There’s little chance that they or 
other states will consent to CIS facilities in the future.

                                It’s time for Congress to pull the brakes on 
CIS facilities and work with states to find scientifically and publicly 
acceptable alternatives. Tell Congress: No taxpayer dollars for CIS 
facilities in Texas and New Mexico.

                                The national priority must be to better 
protect nuclear waste where it sits today – in spent fuel pools or in dry 
storage at operating and decommissioning reactors. Federal funds and policy 
must prioritize implementation of hardened on-site storage (HOSS) and 
provide for robust inspection, monitoring, security, and management of 
nuclear waste at those sites, until permanent isolation facilities are 
operational.

                                Dozens of national and grassroots 
organizations and thousands of individuals have already expressed to 
Congress and the NRC their strong opposition to these CIS facilities. Join 
them today by telling Congress: No taxpayer dollars for CIS facilities in 
Texas and New Mexico.

                                Thanks for all you do!

                                The NIRS Team

                                Diane D'Arrigo
                                Luis Hestres
                                Denise Jakobsberg
                                Tim Judson


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Subject: Tell Congress: NO taxpayer $$ for hauling dangerous nuclear waste 
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