NRC Denies Petitions from Massachusetts and California Attorneys General

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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has denied petitions for rulemaking from the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and California, who claimed new information shows the NRC underestimated the environmental risks of storing spent nuclear fuel in high-density pools.

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