ELR Citation: ELR 21406
No(s). 95-1279 (D.C. Cir. Jul 23, 1996)

The court holds that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), by January 31, 1998, to begin disposing of the spent nuclear fuel of parties that paid for such disposal, even if DOE does not yet have a repository for it. NWPA §305(a)(5)(B) states that "in retu...