reddig33@lemmy.world to Texas@lemmy.world · 3 months agoFun 5th circuit case about nuclear waste in TXslate.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkFun 5th circuit case about nuclear waste in TXslate.comreddig33@lemmy.world to Texas@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agotldr: The 5th Circuit declared temporary nuclear storage facilities illegal. So the only legal places to store nuclear waste are at nuclear reactors, since no permanent site currently exists.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-23 months agoThe best part is that recent idiotic Supreme Court rulings about regulations empowered the fifth circuit to make this declaration.
tldr: The 5th Circuit declared temporary nuclear storage facilities illegal. So the only legal places to store nuclear waste are at nuclear reactors, since no permanent site currently exists.
The best part is that recent idiotic Supreme Court rulings about regulations empowered the fifth circuit to make this declaration.