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Federal Court Says U.S. Must Complete Yucca Mountain Review
2013-08-13 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Obama administration is breaking the law by delaying its review of a plan to store nuclear waste in Nevada. The court ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must complete its licensing process that is, approve or reject the Energy Department's plan for the waste site in Nevada. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel filed this report for our Newscast unit: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's original job was to issue or deny a license to build a nuclear...
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US government ordered to act on Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project
2013-08-13 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A federal appeals court said on Tuesday that the US nuclear regulatory commission can no longer delay a decision on whether to issue a permit for the long-stalled nuclear waste project at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. On a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit ordered the commission to promptly decide to license the project or reject the application. The Obama administration, which picks the Senate-confirmed commissioners, wants to abandon the...
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