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Andrews County Officials, Residents Not Worried About WIPP Waste Storage

Officials in Andrews County said they're not worried, even though five potentially explosive nuclear waste drums are being stored in their county at the Waste Control Specialist Site.
By Devin Sanchez
NewsWest 9

ANDREWS COUNTY - Officials in Andrews County said they're not worried, even though five potentially explosive nuclear waste drums are being stored in their county at the Waste Control Specialist Site.

"Those containers started arriving for temporary storage in March," Andrews County Judge, Richard Dolgener, said.

Judge Dolgener said this waste is different than what the plant is used to seeing.

"It's transuranic, which is greater than Class C," he said.

But the judge said he doesn't think the county is harm's way.

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