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High court decision will affect waste policy for decades: Atomic Scientists - ExchangeMonitor

The stakes will be high when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments soon on whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has authority to license private fuel storage facilities proposed in Texas and New Mexico, according to an analysis by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. “A ruling favoring the NRC would help the nuclear waste problem in the short term but might harm the long-term management situation, allowing the consolidation of spen…