Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 19, 2018No. 16-1298PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license to Strata Energy, Inc. to mine uranium in Crook County, Wyoming. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and the Powder River Basin Resource Council (collectively, the Councils) intervened in the licensing proceeding and now petition this court for review, alleging both procedural and substantive defects in the licensing process. For the reasons that follow, we deny their petition.
I. Background
We begin with a brief explanation of the mining process, insofar as relevant to this litigation, before describing…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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