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DC Circ. Urged To Scrap Texas Nuclear Waste Site License
Law360 (February 10, 2021, 6:28 PM EST) -- Anti-nuclear advocacy group Beyond Nuclear Inc. on Wednesday asked the D.C. Circuit to stop the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from licensing an interim storage facility in the Permian Basin, arguing the license violates the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
In a three-page petition for review, Beyond Nuclear argues the NRC in December wrongly approved Interim Storage Partners LLC's license application to build a facility in Andrews County, Texas, that would hold up to 40,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel. The license application requires the government to take ownership of the spent fuel before it is received at a repository, in violation of...