Understanding the nuclear waste licensing process is essential to evaluating proposed storage and transportation projects. This overview explains the key regulatory agencies, licensing requirements, review procedures, and opportunities for public participation that shape decisions on nuclear waste facilities.
Nuclear waste in the oil patch? Feds spark clash with Texas
Though Texas politicians are using this drama as a way to attack federal elected officials, the history of the issue is a bipartisan mess that can be blamed on members of both parties. Regardless, the fight between Texans and the federal agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is being watched by those in the energy sector across America.
Permian Basin County Renews Opposition to Disposal of Higher-Level Nuclear Waste
While the county supports the existing low-level radioactive waste disposal site, the resolution renews opposition to permitting the disposal of higher-level waste.