High Court Won’t Review Petition To Revive Suit Over Spent Nuclear Fuel Handling

Mealey's (December 6, 2021, 11:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 6 declined to review an environmental group’s petition to reinstate its action to halt decommissioning activities at a nuclear power plant for failure to safely handle spent nuclear fuel (SNF).  The high court let stand a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that federal district courts have no jurisdiction over certain claims asserted by a private actor against private party Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees....