IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Sen. Jim Risch used a recent energy meeting to call on the state to take action on two proposed shipments of spent nuclear fuel.

The Post Register reports that Risch said at Tuesday's Intermountain Energy summit in Idaho Falls that the shipments bound for Idaho National Laboratory still haven't been approved.

Department of Energy officials say at least one of the shipments needs to be approved within about a month or it could be sent elsewhere.

But Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has banned the shipments until a radioactive waste treatment facility is up and running.

Risch says that if Idaho doesn't accept the shipments, another state will. He proposed a special meeting between six officials to hash out whether the state can accept the fuel.

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