Court rejects George Norcross challenge to EDA task-force probe

As reported by Jim Walsch of the Cherry Hill Courier-Post.

Cherry Hill, NJ has long been a Holtec International headquarters location.

George Norcross III is a Holtec International board of directors member.

Although not mentioned in the article linked above, Holtec International and its CEO, Krishna Singh, are also under criminal investigation in New Jersey re: the NJ Economic Development Authority (EDA).

As revealed last year by ProPublica and WNYC, Holtec International CEO Krishna Singh provided false information, under oath, and signed his signature onto a NJ EDA tax break application form, winning him and Holtec $260 million in tax incentives. Singh and Holtec then used the money to build its newest headquarters and fabrication plant, in Camden, NJ.

The false statement involved Singh's denial that Holtec had ever been barred from doing business with a state of federal government agency. In fact, Holtec had been barred from doing business with the Tennessee Valley Authority, after a bribery conviction of a TVA official at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant. Singh was implicated in paying the official a $55,000 bribe, to secure a radioactive waste management contract at the triple-reactor facility in Alabama.

Also not mentioned in the article linked above is the fact that a third Norcross brother serves as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Norcross (D-NJ) has voted in favor of legislation favorable to Holtec International, namely the legalization of the U.S. Department of Energy taking title (ownership) and liability for irradiated nuclear fuel at a private interim storage site, even in the absence of a licensed and operating deep geologic repository. Holtec International has applied for a license to build and operate a consolidated interim storage facility in New Mexico, and hopes DOE (that is, American taxpayers) will pay all the bills (including a handsome profit margin to Holtec). Never mind that the law of the land has long been that, while DOE (taxpayers) is responsible for permanent disposal, the nuclear utilities are responsible for interim storage.