Federal appeals court orders decision on nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [official website] has been violating federal law by failing to accept or deny the pending Department of Energy (DOE) [official website] application for a waste storage facility at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, which was originally filed in 2008. The Obama administration has since made plans to close the facility, and Congress has additionally cut funding for...

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