energy giant New Mexico nuclear waste project.

A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico. Holtec International described an “untenable path forward for used fuel storage in New Mexico” as it walked away from the proposal to temporarily store spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants across the nation. The New Jersey-based company confirmed its decision Thursday. Holtec said the move would allow it to work with other states that are more amenable. The New Mexico storage project was cast aside despite a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling in August. The U.S. is at an impasse over a permanent solution for storing spend nuclear fuel.