Consumers Power Co. v. Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Nuclear energy is currently a hot topic of debate in the body politic. It has been variously described as the answer to our domestic energy needs and as a potential poison threatening the very existence of society. One of the more controversial areas of disagreement concerns the storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel. Questions have been raised as to the safety of nuclear reprocessing installations, as a result of dangers presented by both man-made and natural phenomena. See generally, Comptroller General, Efforts to Clean Up the Shut-Down Western New York Nuclear…