Nuclear Power Cos. Hit DOE With Waste Disposal Suit
A group of utility companies operating a nuclear power station in Kansas sued the U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday, asking for the agency to fulfill its promise to remove spent radioactive fuel from their facility.
Kansas Gas & Electric Co. and two other utilities that provide power to consumers in Missouri and Kansas say they have collectively paid the DOE $224 million to remove spent nuclear fuel from Wolf Creek Generating Station in Coffey County. But the fuel waste continues to sit idly at the…
