North Dakota lawmakers to consider exception to nuclear waste storage ban

By: Jacob Orledge

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: June 22, 2026

Words: 981

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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North Dakota lawmakers are considering changes to state law to encourage the development of nuclear power. One potential change is an exception to the prohibition on storing high-level radioactive waste in the state.

State law prohibits any long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste, such as the byproducts of a nuclear power plant. But an executive with Nucleon Energy, the consultant hired by a legislative committee to study the topic, warned the broad ban …

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