New Mexico Governor Michelle Grisham's Letter To NRC

In an opposition letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed major concerns with the proposed nuclear waste site in Lea County. The NRC recommended the site even though their preliminary research did not take into account several key issues.

The geological makeup of the area is not suitable for spent nuclear fuel to be stored. Lea County in Eastern New Mexico is riddled with sinkholes and is composed of karst terrain which is rock below a land surface that is easily soluble by groundwater.