Sierra Club Wins Review Of SC Nuclear Waste Dump

By Pete Brush

Law360, New York (March 12, 2010, 2:32 PM ET) -- In a suit brought by the Sierra Club, a South Carolina appeals court has ordered a review of whether Chem-Nuclear Systems LLC — a contractor that disposes of low-level radioactive waste on state-owned land — is in compliance with rules requiring it to engineer barriers to prevent soil contamination.

The Court of Appeals for the State of South Carolina on Wednesday also ordered the state's Administrative Law Court to determine whether roofless disposal vaults and trenches at the 235-acre facility are in compliance with rules designed...
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