Supreme Court Takes Up Dispute Over Nuclear Waste Storage in Texas

The Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Texas and ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exceeded its authority.

The cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., on May 22, 2017. Matt Rourke /AP Photo

The Supreme Court said on Oct. 4 that it would hear a pair of cases emanating from the federal government’s attempt to store nuclear waste in western Texas.

Texas attempted to block the practice by passing a law prohibiting the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste in the state.