Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Texas and Supreme Court

Supreme Court wrestles with dispute over nuclear waste storage in Texas
The case focuses on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a project to store spent nuclear fuel at a remote site in southwest Texas.
Supreme Court steps into debate over where to store nuclear waste
The Supreme Court will consider a dispute over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license allowing thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste to be stored in West Texas.
US Supreme Court hears Texas nuclear waste storage dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Wednesday on whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities amid objections brought by the states of Texas and New Mexico as well as the oil industry.
The Supreme Court confronts a national headache: What to do with the growing pile of nuclear waste
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico
Supreme Court takes on dispute over nuclear waste storage sites
The Supreme Court will decide a high-stakes dispute over the storage of highly toxic nuclear waste at privately run U.S. facilities far from reactors.
Will a Supreme Court case lead to removing nuclear waste from San Onofre?
The case examines whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to grant a license to Interim Storage Partners, Inc., to proceed with plans to construct a storage facility in West Texas. The NRC has also approved a license for a group that intends to build a similar project deep underground in southeastern New Mexico.
Texas warns Supreme Court approving temporary nuclear waste storage would be a 'terrorist bullseye'
Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson said that approving the request would be like "putting a permanent terrorist bull’s-eye on the nation’s most productive oil field."
Supreme Court appears divided on offsite nuclear waste storage
The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday on the question of whether the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license private, temporary offsite storage of nuclear waste. In
Supreme Court debates nuclear waste disposal, questions status of Yucca Mountain site
"Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the permanent solution," said Justice Neil Gorsuch during the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.
Supreme Court Takes Up Nuclear Waste in Texas
The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders.
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