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March 6, 2015

Former Idaho governors aim to block nuclear waste

By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — Former Idaho Govs. Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus have filed a notice of their intent to sue the federal government over proposed shipments of spent commercial nuclear fuel rods to Idaho.

The former governors sent the notice Thursday to the U.S. Department of Energy seeking to halt the shipments scheduled to arrive in June and December at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.


 
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