Texas, Supreme Court and Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn't be 'left holding the bag' for US nuclear waste
The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated how to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste as Texas tried to convince the justices to block a storage site near the state’s border with New Mexico. Texas and a Texas-based oil and gas extraction organization argued the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked the authority to approve a site to store up to 5,
US Supreme Court scrutinizes Texas nuclear waste storage case
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities amid objections brought by the state of Texas as well as oil industry interests.
Supreme Court hears Texas case on nuclear waste storage in Permian Basin
Supreme Court Justices on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the battle over bringing high-level nuclear waste to the Permian Basin in a lawsuit brought by Fasken Oil and Ranch and the state of Texas.
Supreme Court steps into debate over where to store nuclear waste
The Supreme Court will consider a dispute over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license allowing thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste to be stored in West Texas.
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Texas will host nuclear waste dump
State attorneys are set to argue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission erred in issuing a license for a temporary nuclear waste storage site in West Texas.
Supreme Court takes on dispute over nuclear waste storage sites
The Supreme Court will decide a high-stakes dispute over the storage of highly toxic nuclear waste at privately run U.S. facilities far from reactors.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up Texas nuclear waste disposal case
The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders.
Supreme Court Weighs Rights to Build Private Nuclear Material Disposal Sites
Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and operated by private firms.
Supreme Court wrestles with dispute over nuclear waste storage in Texas
The case focuses on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a project to store spent nuclear fuel at a remote site in southwestern Texas.
Supreme Court debates nuclear waste disposal, questions status of Yucca Mountain site
"Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the permanent solution," said Justice Neil Gorsuch during the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.
The Supreme Court Confronts a National Headache: What to Do With the Growing Pile of Nuclear Waste
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico
Proposed bill aims to jump start Texas’ nuclear power industry
Aiming to jump start a long-dormant nuclear energy industry, a state House lawmaker is proposing to create taxpayer-funded ...
Justices Try to Get a Hand on What to Do About Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license allowing a private company to store ...
Energy company to bring 30 nuclear reactors to Texas to power wave of data centers
Technology developer Last Energy announced plans to build 30 micronuclear reactors in Haskell County as demand from the state ...