The nuclear energy industry and California officials are at odds over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s waste-confidence ruling for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at the nation's reactors.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a petition with NRC challenging its waste-confidence rule and arguing that it should be re¬scinded. The attorney general, a former California governor, asserts that the action is necessary to accommodate "new and significant" information concerning the potential for spent-fuel fires in connection with high-density spent nuclear fuel storage.

In part, Brown relies on similar arguments made in an August 2006 petition filed by Massachusetts' attorney general.

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