Supreme Court rules against Texas in suit over nuclear waste storage

By Melissa Quinn Updated on: June 18, 2025 / 11:43 AM EDT / CBS News Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge brought by Texas and a group of landowners to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s approval of a private company’s plan to temporarily store thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste at a facility in the…

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Updates to SECY-24-0045 Proposed Rule – Integrated Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

June 13, 2024: The documents below have been sent to the Commission with regard to the Integrated Rulemaking, aka, 10 CFR Part 61. The proposed rule is now with the Commission and they will vote on whether or not the rule can go out for public comment.

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NRC Comment Seeking: “Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal.”

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) “Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal.” The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide the NRC staff’s regulatory position to licensees of nuclear power reactors regarding the use of funds from…

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