Legal Opinion
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 31, 2009No. 07-2271PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), when it is reviewing an application to relicense a nuclear power facility, must examine the environmental impact of a hypothetical terrorist attack on that nuclear power facility. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) contends that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq, requires the analysis of the impact of such an attack. NJDEP has petitioned for review of an NRC decision denying its request to intervene in…
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