WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. President Joe Biden’s administration and a private company with a license for the Texas facility appealed a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found […]
The Supreme Court is considering whether to allow temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico due to the lack of a permanent solution like the mothballed Yucca Mountain project. The case challenges a lower court ruling that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked authority to grant the license for the Texas facility. Concerns about safety, long-term storage, and congressional authority are central to the debate, as over 100,000 tons of nuclear waste accumulates nationwide.
