Breach of Contract
Public Contract
Nuclear Waste Storage
Sacramento Municipal Utility District v. The United States of America
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 | Result Date: Jan. 31, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 09-587C Bench Decision – $34,659,200
Court
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Facts
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District filed suit against the federal government over the federal government's failure to build a permanent home to store nuclear waste. The utility sought to recover $80 million in payments it made from 1992 to 2009 to house nuclear waste from the closed Rancho Seco plant. The utility was forced to store the waste because Congress never opened a planned facility at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
Result
The Court ruled that the government had partially breached it contracts and awarded $35 million.
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