The Supreme Court has intervened in a case involving the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, which has been an ongoing issue for decades. The case involves a challenge to the government’s ability to license private companies to store nuclear waste temporarily. The court will decide whether Texas and private companies have the legal ability to challenge the commission’s decision. If they don’t, the storage site could proceed. The U.S. has been struggling to find a permanent solution for storing nuclear waste since the 1980s when plans for a federal repository at Yucca Mountain were abandoned. Spent fuel continues to pile up at nuclear facilities, and the proposed storage sites in Texas and New Mexico would be the first off-site interim facilities in the country. Texas argues that the waste facility would make the state a dumping ground for dangerous waste and is a target for potential terror attacks due to its location in the oil and gas region. The federal government contends that the commission’s decision was lawful and that Texas is blaming the commission for the lack of progress in finding a permanent repository. The court’s decision in this case is expected by the end of June.
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