Texas regulators have cleared a full-scale underground test of a deep borehole disposal method for radioactive waste, according to state officials and the company developing the project. The approval authorizes the drilling of boreholes thousands of feet into crystalline basement rock, the emplacement of waste canisters, and long-term monitoring, officials said.
The action marks one of the first full-scale field tests of deep borehole disposal in the United States. The project developer has described the effort as a research and demonstration program, not a licensed commercial repository, according to a company statement.
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