Legal Opinion
General Electric Uranium Management Corp. v. United States Department of Energy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 18, 1985No. Nos. 83-2073, 84-5234PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (“the Waste Act”),1 the Secretary of Energy is directed to prescribe fees for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel (“SNF”). At issue in this case is a Department of Energy (“DOE”) rule setting forth the basis upon which the agency will compute a onetime fee for fuel spent to generate electricity prior to April 7, 1983.
Section 302(a)(3) of the Waste Act prescribes a “1 time fee per kilogram of heavy metal in spent nuclear fuel ... in an amount equivalent to an average charge…
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- United States v. ShimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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