UPDATE: NRC puts nuclear licensing decisions on hold, affects Ameren's Callaway County plant

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 | 6:42 p.m. CDT

COLUMBIA — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is putting a hold on requests for new reactor construction and license renewals —including Missouri's only nuclear power plant — after a recent federal court ruling questioned the agency's plans for storing radioactive waste.

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