Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over Nuclear Waste Storage in Texas Oil Field

The Fifth Circuit held that a federal agency lacks legal authority to license an interim waste storage facility.
Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over Nuclear Waste Storage in Texas Oil Field
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Aug. 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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The U.S. Supreme Court considered on March 5 whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may authorize a private company to store spent nuclear fuel at a Texas site.

In the case, the court ordered two similar lawsuits—NRC v. Texas and Interim Storage Partners LLC v. Texas—to be considered together.