Sweet v. United States

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

This dispute comes before the court on defendant United States’ (“government’s”) motions for summary judgment in part and to dismiss in part. The dispute centers on a series of agreements entered into pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and subsequent amendments in the Price-Anderson Act passed in 1957 to encourage the development of nuclear capabilities in the United States. The Atomic Energy Commission (“AEC”) and its successor agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), entered into agreements with plaintiff Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”)…