In re the Northern State Power Co. for Approval of its 1998 Resource Plan

OPINION

G. BARRY ANDERSON, Judge.

On appeal from an administrative proceeding, relator challenges approval given to respondent Northern States Power permitting modification of nuclear waste storage at the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant. Because the modification does not require legislative approval, and the administrative procedure employed did not violate state law, we affirm.

FACTS

The history of this case can be traced to the failure of Congress and the federal government to fulfill a compact to construct and, in 1998, to begin receiving high-level nuclear waste generated by this…