Waste Control Specialists has been disposing of the nation’s low-level nuclear waste — including tools, building materials and protective clothing exposed to radioactivity — for a decade at a ...

The Waste Control Specialists site in Andrews County in West Texas, where radioactive and hazardous waste is stored, in 2021. (Eli Hartman For The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman For The Texas Tribune) ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A company that recently received approval to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from two states in rural west Texas wants permission to dump such material from across the ...

Elemental mercury will be stored at a facility in West Texas, after the U.S. Department of Energy selected a nuclear waste disposal company to hold the chemical until technology is developed to treat ...