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  Besides threatening public health, safety, and the environment, evading federal law to license the ISP facility would also impact the public financially. Transferring title and liability for irradiated fuel from the nuclear utilities that generated it to DOE would mean that federal taxpayers would have to pay many billions of dollars for so-called “interim” storage of the waste. That’s on top of the many tens of billions of dollars that ratepayers and taxpayers have already paid to fund a permanent geologic repository that hasn’t yet materialized. From Beyond Nuclear staff. Beyond ...

Illegal and opposed Beyond Nuclear files suit to stop massive radioactive waste dump From Beyond Nuclear staff Beyond Nuclear has filed suit in federal court to prevent the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from licensing a massive “consolidated interim storage facility” (CISF) for highly radioactive waste in Andrews County, West Texas. In its Petition for Review filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Beyond Nuclear asked the Court to dismiss the NRC licensing proceeding for a permit to build and operate a CISF proposed by Interim Storage Partner...

The Lacey site also could play a role in another emerging business for Holtec, the development of a small modular nuclear reactor, according to information from the U.S. Department of Energy. Holtec sued Lacey Township and its planning board in federal court September, asserting the municipality had exceeded its authority. The company contended its plans were subject to oversight of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The township then filed a separate suit against Holtec in state court. The Feb. 9 settlement clears the way for Holtec to put 20 storage casks on a new storage pad at the O...

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