Supreme Court Blocks Texas Waste Storage

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Supreme Court rules against Texas in suit over nuclear waste storage

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The Supreme Court rules against Texas and landowners challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a private company's plan to temporarily store nuclear waste at a facility in the state.

Spent fuel from a nuclear reactor can remain radioactive and pose health risks for thousands of years .

More than 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste from commercial power plants are currently privately stored at or away from nuclear reactor sites.

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