4 days ago · The court took up a challenge by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a private company with a license for the Texas facility to an appellate ruling that found the commission had no authority to grant the license. The outcome of the case will affect plans for a similar facility in New Mexico roughly 40 miles (65 kilometers) away.

New Mexico is a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Agreement State, meaning that we have an agreement with the NRC authorizing the state to regulate the possession and use of certain radioactive materials in the State of New Mexico.

May 9 (UPI) -- The agency that governs nuclear power in the United States issued a permit Tuesday to build a facility to store nuclear waste in New Mexico. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Oct 4, 2024 · The justices said they will review a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exceeded its authority under federal law in granting a...

Jul 13, 2022 · SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on Wednesday after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it intends to issue a license to Holtec International for the construction and operation of an interim nuclear water storage facility in New Mexico:

May 9, 2023 · U.S. nuclear regulators on Tuesday said they licensed a multibillion-dollar complex in New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was initially expected to issue a decision and a final safety report by the end of March, but was delayed by staffing ...

Jul 14, 2022 · New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a statement accused the commission of “choosing profit over public interest.” She also called on the state Legislature to deliver a proposal that would protect New Mexico from becoming the de …

Mar 28, 2024 · The judgment supports the three-judge panel ruling in August 2023 that the federal government did not have the authority to issue a license to Interim Storage Partners for a private nuclear storage for the future facility that is miles away from Eunice, New Mexico.

Oct 4, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities following a judicial ruling that upended decades of practice by declaring it does not.

3 days ago · Texas and a Texas-based oil and gas extraction organization argued the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked the authority to approve a site to store up to 5,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel ...