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New York Law Authorizing Taxation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities Raises Property Tax Issues for the U.S. Nuclear...

A recent change in New York law requires local authorities to assess spent nuclear fuel storage facilities at permanently shutdown nuclear power plants as real property for ad valorem tax purposes. The legislation raises...more

Generational Reform of the National Environmental Policy Act Has Weighty Implications for the Nuclear Industry

On July 15, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality implemented sweeping amendments to modernize and streamline NEPA environmental reviews. These amendments stand to have a trickle-down effect on the nuclear...more

DOE’s Latest Effort to Expedite Cleanup of Cold War Sites Will Shave Cleanup Costs—and Could Hit Commercial Nuclear Utilities in...

DOE issued an interpretive rule asserting the power to unilaterally reclassify high-level radioactive waste from Cold War-era reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for nuclear weapons. DOE issued an interpretive rule...more

Potentially Costly Nuclear Rulemaking Proposed - NRC targets include oil & gas industry, cancer treatment providers,...

Despite little evidence that requiring licensees to provide financial assurance to cover the cost of the disposition of certain Category 1 & 2 sources will promote public health and safety, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...more

Potential Revisions to NRC Regulations Could Significantly Affect the Oil & Gas Industry

In response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) sting operation which identified certain regulatory weaknesses, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering revisions to applicable security and...more

DOE Issues New “Strategy” for Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal

On January 11, 2013, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued its response to the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future regarding next steps for spent nuclear fuel management and disposal in...more

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