Brodsky v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

On September 28, 2007, defendant United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) granted defendant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (“Entergy”), an exemption from compliance with certain fire safety regulations at its Indian Point nuclear power plant operating unit No. 3 (“Indian Point 3”), located in Westchester County, New York. In December 2007, plaintiffs Richard Brodsky, a former member of the New York State Assembly; the Westchester’s Citizens Awareness Network; and the Sierra Club-Atlantic Chapter, unsuccessfully petitioned the NRC to reopen the exemption…