Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 20:39:03 GMT -6
Court awards Maine Yankee $24.6 million to pay for storing radioactive waste
The owners of Maine Yankee have been awarded nearly $25 million in their latest lawsuit against the federal government for its failure to remove spent nuclear fuel from the site of the former nuclear power plant in Wiscasset.
In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge James H. Merow also awarded damages to the owners of closed Yankee nuclear power plants in Connecticut and Massachusetts, ruling that the federal government hasn’t fulfilled its contractual obligation to remove spent fuel from those sites as well.
The owners of Maine Yankee are due $24.6 million, the owners of the Connecticut plant were awarded $32.6 million and the owners of the Massachusetts plant were awarded $19.6 million.
The lawsuit covers the period from 2009 to 2012.
The federal government has 60 days to appeal the ruling. Maine Yankee uses the money from the awards to maintain the Wiscasset site, where 60 cannisters of spent fuel and four cannisters of irradiated steel are stored.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/04/08/court-awards-maine-yankee-24-6-million-to-pay-for-storing-radioactive-waste/
The owners of Maine Yankee have been awarded nearly $25 million in their latest lawsuit against the federal government for its failure to remove spent nuclear fuel from the site of the former nuclear power plant in Wiscasset.
In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge James H. Merow also awarded damages to the owners of closed Yankee nuclear power plants in Connecticut and Massachusetts, ruling that the federal government hasn’t fulfilled its contractual obligation to remove spent fuel from those sites as well.
The owners of Maine Yankee are due $24.6 million, the owners of the Connecticut plant were awarded $32.6 million and the owners of the Massachusetts plant were awarded $19.6 million.
The lawsuit covers the period from 2009 to 2012.
The federal government has 60 days to appeal the ruling. Maine Yankee uses the money from the awards to maintain the Wiscasset site, where 60 cannisters of spent fuel and four cannisters of irradiated steel are stored.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/04/08/court-awards-maine-yankee-24-6-million-to-pay-for-storing-radioactive-waste/