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The Supreme Court confronts a national headache: What to do with the growing pile of nuclear waste

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico .

The outcome of the case will affect plans for a similar facility in New Mexico roughly 40 miles ( 65 kilometers ) away.

The push for temporary storage sites is part of the complicated politics of the nation’s so far futile quest for a permanent underground storage facility.