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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Morgan Lee

Energy company abandons proposal to store nuclear waste at site in New Mexico

A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico.

Holtec International described an “untenable path forward for used fuel storage in New Mexico” as it walked away from the proposal to temporarily hold spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants across the nation. The New Jersey-based company confirmed its decision Thursday.

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