New York's AG sues Nuclear Reg Commiss over waste disposal issue

From the FBI's Infrastructure Daily News:

5. February 16, Mid-Hudson News Network - (National) Schneiderman challenges NRC's plan to store nuclear waste at Indian Point. The New York State attorney general announced February 15 he is suing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for allowing Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, and other nuclear plants to store radioactive waste for 60 years after they close. He has teamed up with attorneys general from Connecticut and Vermont to call on the federal government to conduct impact studies before deciding nuclear waste should be stored onsite. The New York State attorney general said the issue is a regional one. "This is a particularly sensitive point here in Westchester because of Indian Point, but really in the entire area around Indian Point extending into Connecticut, into New York City, into New Jersey, because this ruling would require waste storage here in the pools that hold the waste short term and in the nuclear bunkers that hold the waste longer term," he said. The current rule said the waste may be stored onsite for 30 years, but that would be extended to 60 years after a plant closes. Source: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2011/February/16/IP_waste_store_AG- 16Feb11.html