The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license private businesses to accept irradiated fuel, overturning a case brought in Texas and paving the way to reinstate a Camden-based company’s permit to operate in New Mexico.

“For decades, the question of how best to store and dispose of spent nuclear fuel has sparked contentious American policy and political debates, and intermittent legislative and regulatory efforts,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh…