Corporate Crime Reporter Morning Minute
Oct 22, 2026 · 1 min · 3 segments
Friday October 23, 2026 West Virginia Officials Offered to Store Nuke Waste. Then the Residents Found Out
Recently, the state of West Virginia proposed that an old limestone quarry outside of Harper's Ferry be used as storage for radioactive nuclear waste from around the country.
I thought it was a joke, said Pasha Majdi, president of the Jefferson County Commission.
Without consulting residents or local officials, Governor Patrick Morrissey's Energy Office submitted a detailed pitch to the Trump administration offering the Jefferson County Quarry and three other sites for a potential nuclear lifecycle innovation campus.
As soon as the details of the West Virginia proposal were disclosed, the backlash was intense.
Days after dismissing the report as fake news, Governor Morrissey withdrew the state from consideration altogether.
Recently, the state of West Virginia proposed that an old limestone quarry outside of Harper's Ferry be used as storage for radioactive nuclear waste from around the country.
I thought it was a joke, said Pasha Majdi, president of the Jefferson County Commission.
Without consulting residents or local officials, Governor Patrick Morrissey's Energy Office submitted a detailed pitch to the Trump administration offering the Jefferson County Quarry and three other sites for a potential nuclear lifecycle innovation campus.
As soon as the details of the West Virginia proposal were disclosed, the backlash was intense.
Days after dismissing the report as fake news, Governor Morrissey withdrew the state from consideration altogether.
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