Morris v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) issued Hydro Resources, Inc. (“HRI”) a license to conduct in situ leach mining for uranium on four sites in northwest New Mexico. In this case, Petitioners — Eastern Diñé Against Uranium Mining, a Navajo community organization, Southwest Research and Information Center, a non-profit environmental education organization, and two local ranchers, Grace Sam and Marilyn Morris — seek review of the NRC’s licensing decision. Petitioners assert that the NRC, in issuing HRI’s license, violated two federal statutes — the Atomic Energy Act…