Aiming to jump start a long-dormant nuclear energy industry, a state House lawmaker is proposing to create taxpayer-funded incentive programs to build nuclear power plants in Texas.

Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and operated by private firms.

The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license allowing a private company to store spent nuclear fuel away from a nuclear reactor.