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 on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

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 6-3 decision, the court said Texas and oil industry interests could not fight the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of the site.

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 ...

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

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

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 ...