State of Tenn. v. Herrington

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

Before the Court, on the State of Tennessee’s first cause of action, are cross-motions for summary judgment which require interpretation of certain provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (“NWPA”). 1 In 1982, Congress enacted the NWPA, an ambitious statute whose intent was to grapple with the multitude of problems associated with the generation of nuclear waste by commercial power facilities. The federal waste management program articulated by the NWPA focuses on the development of permanent, geologic repositories, and also addresses the temporary…