Activists Make Arguments About Diablo Waste Storage Before 9th Circuit Court

摘要

The Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals last week heard the oral arguments of an activist group that claims federal regulators violated environmental law by refusing to conduct an environmental review of a potential terrorist attack at the Diablo Canyon spent fuel storage facility.rnThe arguments were presented during the San Francisco hearing by San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace attorney Diane Curran. The case pits San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the plant's operator, Pacific Gas and Electric Company.rnCurran argued that the court should force the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare an environmental review that "thoroughly analyzes the potential effects of attack on the dry cask storage facility and weighs the relative costs and benefits of measures to protect against those attacks."