US EditionSupreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
- The Supreme Court will review plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico.
- Justices will examine a 5th U.S. Circuit Court ruling that found the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exceeded its authority in granting a license to store spent nuclear fuel in West Texas.
- Political leaders in both states oppose the facilities, including New Mexico's Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who opposes a license granted to Holtec International for a site in Lea County.
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Supreme Court grants Biden administration request to hear nuclear fuel storage case
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to settle a dispute over the temporary storage of nuclear waste in West Texas that could potentially upend decades of federal nuclear policy. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, considered among the most conservative in the nation, ruled against the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s…
Financial Post
Nuclear Waste Storage Site in Texas Draws Supreme Court Review
(Bloomberg) — The US Supreme Court will consider reviving a plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary west Texas site, accepting a case that could be a turning point after decades of wrangling over spent fuel from the nation’s commercial reactors.
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Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
The push for temporary storage sites is part of the complicated politics of the so far futile quest for a permanent storage facility.
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