NRC Not Required To Examine Terrorist Threat to Nuclear Plant

摘要

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), when it is reviewing an application to relicense a nuclear power facility, is not required by the National Environmental Policy Act to examine the environmental impact of a hypothetical terrorist aircraft attack on that nuclear power facility, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) contended that NEPA required the analysis of the impact of such an attack in relicensing proceedings for the Oyster Creek Generating Station.