Title

"News & Issues" piece on a ruling by U.S. District Court judge Stephen McAuliffe

Authors

Lee Burnett

Source

Maine Times

Date

5-18-2000

Pages

11

Abstract

"News & Issues" piece on a ruling by U.S. District Court judge Stephen McAuliffe, which effectively prevents the public from having any role in Maine Yankee's plans to "temporarily" store nuclear waste on site until 2010, and possibly much longer. The 1982 Nuclear Waste Act gives the federal government exclusive authority to regulate the operation of nuclear power plants and their disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

Subjects

Atomic power plants, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Radioactive waste disposal

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