Company proposes nuclear waste storage in New Mexico
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — An energy equipment company has taken steps toward opening a long-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico.
Cobb is a member of the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance board, a group of four southeastern New Mexico governments that is selling the 1,000 acres of land in western Lea County and Eddy County that Holtec has its eye on.
Both houses of the New Mexico Legislature have also passed non-binding measures supporting the alliance's effort to establish an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel in the area.