Update on Nuclear Waste Confidence Court Ruling
By Jim Hopf
As I discussed
in a June 20 ANS Nuclear Cafe post, a federal appeals court rejected
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s new nuclear Waste Confidence rule,
and ordered the NRC to perform a more thorough evaluation that addresses
potential risks and health and environmental impacts of very long term
storage of nuclear waste at nuclear sites (until a final disposal option
is developed).As discussed in that post, anti-nuclear organizations were hopeful that the court ruling would lead to a halt in NRC licenses for new plants and plant life extensions, while others believed that the impact would be minor, the main result simply being more work to be done by the NRC. Recent events have shown both sides to be right, to some degree.http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/10/22/update-on-nuclear-waste-confidence-court-ruling/
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