Nation IN BRIEF : IDAHO : Judge Halts Nuclear Waste Shipments
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A federal judge has blocked further shipments of high-level nuclear waste from Colorado into Idaho until the U.S. Department of Energy obtains a state air quality permit. State officials said that could take six months to a year, and the ruling gives Idaho a little breathing room in its battle against the shipments. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge issued the order in Boise. At the same time, Lodge rejected a ban on the shipments imposed by the Shoshone-Bannock American Indian Tribes.
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