The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear power plants.

The Supreme Court ruled against Texas and landowners who challenged a plan to store thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste at a facility in the state.

The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary west Texas site.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site near Texas’ border with New Mexico, a win for the federal government in a decadeslong struggle ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court upheld a private-sector solution to nuclear waste storage on Wednesday, ruling that the state of Texas and a minerals holding company were not entitled to sue over ...

The Supreme Court rejected Texas’s bid to axe federal approval of a nuclear waste storage facility, arguing the state did not have the right to bring its challenge in the first place. In a 6-3 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has made it easier to consider the possibility of nuclear waste storage on the Texas-New Mexico border. The high court rejected challenges to a nuclear waste ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site near Texas’ border with New Mexico, a win for the federal government in a decadeslong struggle over what ...