The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

Some see the high court’s decision in case against the state of Texas as a promising sign, but significant hurdles remain.

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear ...

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear ...

After investing millions in the licensing process, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — an independent board created by Congress to regulate the civilian possession and use of radioactive materials — ...

No, no, hell no, and no again! said Texas and its powerful oil industry, in a legal challenge to the federal government’s power to license privately-operated nuclear waste storage sites in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent ...

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has made it easier to consider the possibility of nuclear waste storage on the Texas-New Mexico border. The high court rejected challenges to a nuclear waste ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.

“Texas will not become America’s nuclear waste dumping ground,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted the license. And he reiterated that on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site near Texas’ border with New Mexico, a win for the federal government in a decadeslong struggle over what to do with ...