The Supreme Court on Wednesday wades into the decadeslong debate about where to put nuclear waste by hearing a dispute over the federal government’s decision to approve a storage facility in Texas.
The nine justices will weigh whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission correctly allowed a company called Interim Storage Partners to store spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County, Texas, for up to 40 years.
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had faulted the NRC for its 2021 decision, prompting the Biden administration to appeal. The Trump administration has now taken over the case and is defending the commission’s authority to approve private nuclear waste storage sites.
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