Extent of State Approval in Siting Is Crux of Consent Process, Official Says

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The degree to which states should have the power to approve or disapprove sites for the storage and disposal of high-level radioactive waste is the crux of the consent-based siting process, a witness told a Senate subcommittee June 7. Per Peterson, a commissioner on the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC), said the commission's 2012 report recognized this was the major issue in reaching consensus.