Nevada v. United States Department of Energy

ORDER

EDWARD C. REED, District Judge.

This case concerns the State of Nevada’s request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, for copies of the Department of Energy’s (“DOE’s”) draft license applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Before the Court are Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (# 24) (“DMSJ”) and Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (# 39) (“PMSJ”). For the reasons set out below, Defendants’ motion (# 24) is GRANTED and Plaintiffs motion (# 39) is DENIED.

I. BACKGROUND

The…