Nevada v. Department of Energy

ELR Citation: ELR 20055
No(s). 04-1082 (D.C. Cir. Mar 8, 2005)

The D.C. Circuit held that §116 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) creates no continuing appropriation from the Nuclear Waste Fund to Nevada for nuclear waste disposal activities. The state asked the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund its participation in a Nuclear Regulatory Commissio...