Energy Solutions, LLC v. Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management

ELR Citation: ELR 20109
No(s). 2:08-CV-352 (D. Utah May 15, 2009)

A district court held that an interstate radioactive waste compact lacks the authority to prohibit a private disposal facility in Clive, Utah, from accepting imported low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 granted regional compacts the autho...