Appealing adverse CISF ruling at D.C. Circuit Court

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies in southeastern New Mexico.]

On October 11, 2024, Beyond Nuclear’s legal counsel — Diane Curran of Washington, D.C., and Mindy Goldstein of Atlanta, GA — met our 45-day deadline to appeal a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

That ruling on August 27, 2024 rejected Beyond Nuclear’s challenges to the license approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, allowing construction and operation of Holtec International’s proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for highly radioactive waste targeted at southeastern New Mexico.

See Beyond Nuclear’s PETITION FOR EN BANC REVIEW OR PANEL REHEARING, here.

But on October 4, 2024, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) agreed to hear a related appeal, so we have asked the D.C. Circuit Court to hold our petition in abeyance until after SCOTUS has ruled, likely by June 2025.

See Beyond Nuclear’s MOTION TO HOLD ITS PETITION FOR EN BANC REVIEW OR PANEL REHEARING IN ABEYANCE PENDING ISSUANCE OF SUPREME COURT DECISION IN NRC V. TEXAS, here.

{UPDATE: On November 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed, issuing an ORDER to hold Beyond Nuclear’s appeal for a re-hearing in abeyance, until after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled on closely related matters.}