DOE's Annual Nuclear Waste Fund Fee Suspended

摘要

A federal appellate panel in Washington, DC, late last month suspended the Department of Energy's ability to collect an annual nuclear waste disposal fee from the nation's nuclear power plant operators. Writing for a three-judge panel, Senior Circuit Judge Lawrence Silberman chided the Secretary of Energy for having failed to comply with the court's 2012 remand directing that he conduct an evaluation regarding whether the Department of Energy's collection of the annual fee provided sufficient revenues to offset program costs.