The two market-leading radioactive waste disposal companies are awaiting a Delaware federal judge’s ruling on whether their $367 million merger can proceed after a two-week antitrust trial wrapped up in Wilmington on May 5.
At issue in the case was whether the union between EnergySolutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists was presumptively illegal and would lead to higher prices and less innovation—a question made all the more important as nuclear reactor decommissioning are expected to rise in the coming years.
