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Nuclear Regulatory Commission to decide on USA nuclear waste repository

Fate of Yucca Mountain Decision in NRC Hands, By SONYA ANGELICA DIEHN, 11 July 11 , (CN) – The D.C. Circuit ruled that a decision on the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada lies firmly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…..Although the DOE withdrew its application and has halted construction at the site, it’s really up to the NRC to decide its fate, the appeals circuit wrote in three separate concurring opinions.

Judge Kavanaugh said this case is a “mess” due to overlapping responsibilities between the two agencies. While both are under the executive branch, the NRC can act more independently.
But for now, he wrote, “the ball in this case rests in the executive branch not with the President, but rather with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.”
Since the commission hasn’t made a final decision on Yucca Mountain yet, the case was determined untimely and dismissed. …..http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/07/11/38033.htm

July 12, 2011 - Posted by | USA, wastes

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