NRC board rejects calls for hearing on storage project

摘要

U.S. regulators have denied requests by watchdog and environmental groups that sought an evidentiary hearingchallenging plans by a New Jersey-based company to build a storage facility for spent fuel from commercialnuclear reactors.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board announced its decision yesterdayafter hearing arguments in Albuquerque, N.M., earlier this year.The multimillion-dollar project proposed by Holtec International would allow for spent fuel rods to be transferred from sites around the nation to a temporary home in southeastern New Mexico.Opponents have raised concerns about the project's legality, the safety of transporting high-level waste and the potential for contamination if something were to go wrong.