Waste Control Specialists files appeal over high-level nuclear waste lawsuit, case now set to go to U.S. Supreme Court
The lawsuit is against the Permian Basin Coalition. Efforts continue by the PBC to keep high-level nuclear waste out of the region in order to protect the area.
ANDREWS, Texas — Nuclear waste storage in the Permian Basin is again in the spotlight. On Wednesday, Waste Control Specialists in Andrews appealed a lawsuit that denies them from storing high-level nuclear waste.
An attorney with the Permian Basin Coalition told NewsWest 9 that WCS and Orano -- a division of the French government -- formed a joint venture called Interim Storage Partners.
