Supreme Court wrestles with US agency's nuclear waste storage licensing power
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license certain nuclear waste storage facilities amid objections brought by the state of Texas as well as oil industry interests.
Supreme Court Questions Private Nuclear Waste Storage Site
The US Supreme Court appeared divided over whether Texas and companies that own land in the oil rich Permian Basin had the right to challenge a federal plan to let as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste be temporarily stored at a privately owned off-site facility.
The federal government says the Texas plaintiffs are misreading the law in a way that would disrupt the nuclear power industry, which supplies about one-fifth of the nation’s electricity. Since 1980, ...
The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the ...
Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! The Supreme Court heard arguments over a dispute on storing nuclear waste in Texas. In today’s Daily on Energy, we break down what the case entails and the ...
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