Legal Opinion
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 14, 2013No. 12-1106PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case arises from actions taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC” or “Commission”) approving (1) an application by Southern Nuclear Operating Company (“Southern”) for combined licenses to construct and operate new Units 3 and 4 of the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant and (2) an application by Westinghouse Electric Company (“Westinghouse”) for an amendment to its already-approved AP 1000 reactor design on which the Vog-tle application relied. In approving the applications, NRC applied the regulatory scheme incorporated in 10 C.F.R. Part 52 covering the…
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