Nuclear Waste Storage Challenge in New Mexico Faulty, U.S. Says

摘要

New Mexico can’t challenge the NRC’s approval of a license for a nuclear waste storage facility near its border because the state didn’t participate in the licensing proceeding, the agencytold the Tenth Circuit.Only a “party aggrieved” by an order entered in a proceeding can legally challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s issuance of a license, according to the filing. Courts haveconsistently held that to be a “party aggrieved,” a petitioner must have tried to become a party to the agency proceeding, the NRC told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.