North Dakota lawmakers to consider exception to nuclear waste storage ban

North Dakota lawmakers to consider exception to nuclear waste storage ban

BISMARCK — 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 th…