WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to a private company for the facility in Texas.

The outcome should also reinvigorate plans for a similar facility in New Mexico roughly 40 miles away.

The federal appeals court in New Orleans had ruled in favor of the opponents of the facilities.

The high court’s decision is not a final ruling in favor of the licenses, but it removes a major roadblock. — Associated Press