State files legal challenge against nuclear regulatory commissioner

Nevada wants a court to force a member of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to recuse himself from decisions involving a long-stalled spent fuel repository at Yucca Mountain.

The state filed its appeal in late August after NRC Commissioner David Wright, who was sworn in roughly two months ago, denied a request that he recuse himself. Nevada is arguing that Wright is biased and that allowing him to participate in Yucca-related decisions would violate Nevada’s due process rights.

Preliminary filings in the case are due Oct. 1 and the deadline for motions is Oct. 15, said Bob Halstead, executive director of the governor’s Agency for Nuclear Projects.

“That’s really relatively fast track for these kinds of things,” he said. “ … This is good for us. We want to get on with it.”

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