ONE MONTH AGO Quay County Commissioners rescinded Resolution 27, reversing their support for Enercon’s proposal to drill a deep borehole in Nara Visa, NM, to test nuclear storage capabilities. Enercon outreach coordinator Chip Cameron has recently tried to spin the set back, stating “[t]he previous rescission was not an indication that [the Commission does] not…
Category: Conservation
Update: Quay County Reverses Course on Nuclear Research Project
Quay County Commissioners Sue Dowell, Frank McCasland, and Mike Cherry have voted to rescind Resolution 27. Logan Schools Superintendent Dennis Roch has also withdrawn his support. Resolution 27 was a proposal by Atlanta based company ENERCON to drill a deep a three mile deep borehole to research geophysical conditions to potentially store nuclear waste in…
Nuclear Waste Research Company's Promises Ring Hollow With Locals
This is the second article on Nara Visa residents’ concerns over a nuclear waste research project taking place in their backyards. The first article can be found here. Strong public opposition to Atlanta based ENERCON and DOSECC Exploration Services’ efforts to drill a three mile deep borehole in Nara Visa to research nuclear waste storage…
Residents Overwhelmingly Reject Nara Visa Nuclear Waste Research Project
“As I see it, we’ve got to put this stuff somewhere,” explains Marc Eckels, project manager for Atlanta based ENERCON and DOSECC Exploration Services, referring to the public need to store high level nuclear waste. Rancher and agricultural engineer Ed Hughs, born and raised in Nara Visa, minced no words in response. “Not here. I…