Yucca Mountain Waste Site Ruling Put Off by Appeals Court
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A decision on whether to compel the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to rule on plans for storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain was put off by an appeals court after the agency said it lacked funds to complete the process.
In a 2-1 decision today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington gave the NRC until Dec. 14 to report back on whether Congress provided the funding it says it needs to act on the Energy Department’s application for approval of the Nye County, Nevada, disposal site.