Nevada's Yucca Mountain was chosen over 25 years ago to house the first and only long-term storage facility for the United States' nuclear waste, but a series of holdups including a complete stoppage of the project in 2010 have meant that the location is yet to be converted — or even fully approved — for its designated purpose. But on Wednesday, a US appellate court ruled that the plan had to be put back into motion, and that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must continue reviewing whether the mountain is an appropriate location to safely hold nuclear waste for over 1 million years.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624380/us-appeals-court-yucca-mountain-facility-review-must-continue
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