The Supreme Court rejected appeals on nuclear waste storage and utility monopolies. (Supreme Court)
The justices denied Beyond Nuclear v. NRC, declining to review a challenge to the NRC’s authority to license consolidated interim storage facilities—a major defeat for environmental groups seeking to block private radioactive waste sites like the Holtec project in New Mexico.
The Court also refused to hear Duke Energy Carolinas v. NTE Carolinas II, leaving intact a lower court decision in a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit where the independent power producer accused the utility giant of using its monopoly power to sabotage a rival generation project.