Court upholds NRC rule backing prolonged spent fuel storage at plant sites

摘要

Handing the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionrna legal victory important to itsrnability to license new reactors, a federalrnappeals court ruled Friday that the commissionrnproperly met its legal obligationsrnin analyzing the possible environmentalrnimpacts of prolonged spent fuel storagernat plant sites in the latest version of its socalledrn“waste confidence” rule.