Legal Opinion
Union of Concerned Scientists v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 1983No. 82-2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:
This petition concerns the regulation of certain safety-related equipment that is needed to mitigate an accident or to shut down a reactor following an accident in a nuclear power plant. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) petitions this court for review of a June 30,1982 rulemaking by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC or the Commission), which amended all operating licenses by suspending indefinitely the deadline by which nuclear facilities must complete “environmental qualification” of…
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