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The Associated Press: Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan

Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage planBy ERICA WERNER – WASHINGTON (AP) 24 Oct 08  — Federal regulators ruled Thursday that a radioactive waste storage plan can go forward at a California nuclear power plant without further study of whether it’s safe from terror attacks……………………….Mothers for Peace had contended there wasn’t sufficient study of whether the casks planned for Diablo Canyon could withstand potential terror attacks while protecting human health and the environment, but the NRC said no more study was needed………………….

Following Mothers for Peace’s win in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2006, the attorneys general of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts challenged NRC decisions on similar grounds, and those are pending.

The ultimate outcome of the Diablo Canyon case could have broader ramifications for the nuclear power industry,……………………….Meanwhile, more than 50,000 tons of spent fuel is piling up at nuclear reactors nationwide. Spent nuclear fuel is in dry storage at 47 power plant sites, a number that’s expected to increase to 70 by 2020, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group.

The Associated Press: Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan

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October 24, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized