New Mexico Fires Back at NRC Over Motion to Dismiss Interim Storage Case

摘要

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission distorted the state of New Mexico’s arguments against a proposed interim storage facility when it said that a district court didn’t have the authority to rule on a state lawsuit, according to a new court filing. Since the state isn’t looking to challenge a final agency decision under the Hobbs Act and is instead raising concerns about specific actions in which NRC “exceed[s] its authority and [is] otherwise not in accordance with the law,” the U.S. District Court for New Mexico is an appropriate venue to oppose NRC’s licensing of Holtec International’s proposed interim storage facility, state attorney general Hector Balderas argued in a brief filed Monday.