( December 4, 2024, 2:16 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and a government contractor seeking to store spent nuclear fuel at a facility in west Texas argue in a pair of U.S. Supreme Court petitioner briefs that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and elements of the Hobbs Act when it ruled that the NRC improperly approved a license for the project....