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Thursday, June 7, 2012

FEDERAL COURT ORDERS DOE TO REEVALUATE NUCLEAR WASTE FUND, RULES FEE IS UNLAWFUL

FEDERAL COURT ORDERS DOE TO REEVALUATE NUCLEAR WASTE FUND, RULES FEE IS UNLAWFUL
A federal court on Friday ruled that collection of a fee by the Department of Energy that totaled nearly $750 million a year from nuclear generators for nuclear waste disposal since 1983 was “legally defective” because development of the Yucca Mountain permanent spent fuel waste facility had been discontinued. But in lieu of suspending the fee, the court ordered the DOE to conduct a reevaluation of the Nuclear Waste Fund within six months. Read More »

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