Carolina Environmental Study Group v. The United States of America and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Duke Power Company, Intervenor

MARKEY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal under 42 U.S.C. § 2239(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 2342 from a decision of the Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board [Appeal Board] of the Atomic Energy Commission [A.E.C.] which resulted-in a final order granting Duke Power Company [Duke] a construction license to build two nuclear reactors for generation of electricity. We affirm.

The two nuclear reactors are of the “pressurized water” type 1 and are to be located on Lake Norman, approximately 17 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Duke’s construction application was filed with the A.E.C. in 1970. A public…