Holtec clears hurdle for proposed nuclear-waste storage facility

Holtec International has won a round in its fight to open a nuclear-waste storage facility, but the company’s opponents say they’re not giving up. A three-judge panel this week rejected nearly 50 objections to the Camden firm’s proposal for a "consolidated interim storage facility” that would initially hold up to 8,680 metric tons of uranium in a remote area of southeastern New Mexico.
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