Holtec Urges Supreme Court to Deny Review of Nuclear Waste Case

The US Supreme Court should refuse to hear a case from an anti-nuclear nonprofit challenging a license the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued to Holtec International for a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, the company said.

“Petitioner asks this Court to overturn a court of appeals decision to reopen a single NRC licensing proceeding, and, at most, strike three superfluous words from a license application,” Holtec said in its brief filed Thursday.

“There is no further remedy, and there is no broader importance to be found,” it said.

Beyond Nuclear asked the Supreme Court in November to ...