A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has cancelled a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 40-year nuclear waste storage facility in Texas.
The panel determined that the NRC lacked the authority under federal law to issue permits for private, temporary nuclear waste storage sites.
The licence, which was issued in 2021 to project developer Interim Storage Partners, was challenged by Texas and west Texas oil and gas interests that opposed the facility.