Appeals court rejects storage of spent fuel at nuclear plants US appeals court ...
Boston.com -
A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a rule that allows nuclear
power plants to store radioactive waste at reactor sites for up to 60
years after a plant shuts down. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge
panel of the us Court of Appeals for the ...
Court Forces a Rethinking of Nuclear Fuel Storage
New York Times -
WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted hastily in
concluding that spent fuel can be stored safely at nuclear plants for
the next century or so in the absence of a permanent repository, and it
must consider what will happen if none are ...
Appeals court rejects waste storage at nuke plants
Fox News -
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a rule that
allows nuclear power plants to store radioactive waste at reactor sites
for up to 60 years after a plant shuts down. In a unanimous ruling, a
three-judge panel of the US Court of ...
Nuclear headache: What to do with 65000 tons of spent fuel?
msnbc.com - 1
Most spent nuclear fuel is stored in pools like this one, with rods
typically under 30 feet of water. By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com In a blow
to the nuclear energy industry, a federal appeals court on Friday threw
out a rule allowing plants to store ...
Nuclear panel must weigh risks of long-term storage, court rules
Los Angeles Times - 1
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission must consider the environmental and safety issues involved
with long-term storage of radioactive wastes at power plants when it
renews operating licenses, a potentially ...
Nuclear Agency Ordered to Revisit Waste-Storage Plan
Wall Street Journal - 1
By RYAN TRACY WASHINGTON—A federal court on Friday ordered US nuclear
regulators to redo an environmental analysis of nuclear-waste storage,
saying they hadn't looked at the full scope of potential impacts. The
unanimous finding from the US Court of ...
Nuclear Waste Storage Rules Thrown Out by US Court
BusinessWeek -
By Don Jeffrey on June 08, 2012 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
failed to fully evaluate risks associated with its regulations on the
storage of spent nuclear fuel and must draft new ones, an appeals court
ruled. The commission's conclusion that ...
Onsite storage of nuclear waste could hold up IP relicensing decision
EmpireStateNews.net -
WASHINGTON – A final decision on whether the Indian Point nuclear power
plants may be relicensed may hinge on a new US Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit decision Friday. The court agreed with New
York State Attorney General Eric ...
AG Schneiderman Wins Landmark Victory in Challenge to Continued Storage of ...
Power Engineering Magazine -
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that he
has won a landmark victory in a suit against the federal Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) challenging a Commission finding that the
long-term storage of radioactive waste at the ...
Court tosses out rules on waste storage at nuclear plants
Bangor Daily News -
Some of the cylindrical steel-lined concrete containers that comprise
the spent fuel storage facility at Maine Yankee in Wiscasset. By Don
Jeffrey and Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg News The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission failed to fully evaluate risks ...
Court Rules Closed Plants Can Hold Nuclear Waste For 30 Years, Not 60
Patch.com -
By Paul Petrone Friday, Attorney General George Jepsen announced a
decision by the federal appeals court that allows nuclear power plants
to hold onto their spent nuclear fuel (ie nuclear waste) for up to 30
years after the plant was shut down, ...
Court tosses nuke waste storage rule
Cherry Hill Courier Post -
AP WASHINGTON — In a case challenged by the Christie administration and
other eastern states, a federal appeals court on Friday threw out a
rule that allows nuclear power plants to store radioactive waste at
reactor sites for up to 60 years after a ...
Spent nuclear fuel storage decision praised
New Haven Register -
By Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief A federal appeals court is
forcing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to rethink its rules regarding
how long spent nuclear fuel can be stored on site at current and former
reactors. State Attorney General George ...
Minnesota communities hail decision halting plans for nuclear waste storage
Pioneer Press -
By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo Leaders of communities that sit by
Minnesota's two nuclear power plants hailed a federal appeals court
decision Friday, June 8, that halted plans to allow nuclear plants to
store radioactive waste at reactor sites for up to 60 ...
Court orders NRC to take second look at waste storage
Brattleboro Reformer -
By BOB AUDETTE / Reformer Staff BRATTLEBORO - Concluding the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission did not examine the environmental effects of
failing to establish a permanent repository for nuclear waste, an
appeals court in Washington, DC, threw out an NRC ...
Court curbs licenses to store nuclear waste
Minnesota Public Radio -
by Conrad Wilson, Minnesota Public Radio ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A federal
court ruled today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can no longer
license or re-license any power plant until it examines the effects of
long-term storage of onsite nuclear ...
Could federal ruling be trouble for Vt Yankee?
WCAX -
By WCAX News - bio | email A victory for Vermont Friday in what the
attorney general is calling a "major ruling" on the storage of nuclear
waste. Vermont Yankee and other nuclear plants around the country are
forced to store spent radioactive fuel ...
Van Ness Feldman | D.C. Circuit Remands Nuclear Waste Fee Determination to DOE
Linex Legal (press release) (registration) -
On June 1, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit” or “Court”) overturned the Secretary of
Energy's (“the Secretary”) 2010 assessment of the adequacy of the
Nuclear Waste Fund one mill (one-tenth of a ...
Court: Closed Nuclear Plants Can't Store Spent Fuel for 60 Years
Hartford Courant -
By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com The Hartford Courant A federal appeals
court ruled Friday that spent nuclear fuel cannot be stored at closed
plant sites for 60 years, a decision that spurns the US Department of
Energy and sides with environmental ...
Major Court Ruling Forces Nuclear Waste Disposal Review
eNews Park Forest -
WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--June 8, 2012 – A federal appeals court's
unanimous decision today forces the country to re-evaluate the
environmental impacts of the storage and disposal of its nuclear waste
in a way that has never been done before.
U.S. Court rules Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed to fully evaluate the ...
Enformable -
A US appeals court ruled that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
failed to answer questions about the potential environmental impact of
storing spent nuclear fuel at sites around the country. The petitioners,
including the state of New York and ...
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