YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT: Judges reject Nevada lawsuit

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- Nevada suffered a setback on Tuesday in its latest attempt to derail the government's plans for a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

A three-judge federal court panel declined a Nevada lawsuit charging that the Energy Department had violated environmental law and federal procedures when it formed a strategy to ship radioactive spent fuel to the Nevada site.

"We conclude that some of Nevada's claims are unripe for review and the remaining claims are without merit," Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson wrote in a 26-page opinion filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Henderson was joined in the ruling by Judges Harry Edwards and A. Raymond Randolph. The judges heard oral arguments last October.

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[nosillies]

1. This sucks.

I used to live in Reno and in the desert outside Vegas. I'm still interested in this, but just don't see as much about it now since I've moved away. So thanks for the update.

[NVMojo]

2. it's a bad project for sure!

[Massacure]

3. Damn. Burying a perfectly good resource, what a stupid thing to do!

:(