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Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain
http://www.ktul.com/story/19189608/appeals-court-puts-off-ruling-on-yucca-mountain Aug 03, 2012 By FREDERIC J. FROMMER  WASHINGTON (AP) – An appeals court has put off deciding whether to force the government to act on a license for a proposed nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia panel won’t rule
before year’s end on whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must
act on a license for the Yucca Mountain site.

The dump’s supporters argue NRC broke the law last fall by letting the
Obama administration move to close the site. The NRC cited “budgetary
limitations” imposed by Congress in approving the shutdown.

The court on Friday ordered updates by Dec. 14 about congressional
action on the commission’s budget for 2013.

Judges Merrick Garland, a Democratic appointee, and Brett Kavanaugh, a
Republican appointee, supported the delay. Judge A. Raymond Randolph,
a Republican appointee, dissented.

August 8, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized