Court: 'No merit' to environmental challenge of nuclear plant
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05/14/13 03:03 PM ET
An appeals court on Tuesday denied complaints from
environmental groups that said federal regulators are ignoring the
lessons from Japan’s Fukushima meltdown when approving the first U.S.
nuclear construction project since 1978.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved construction for two new units at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, and the design of the Westinghouse Electric Co. AP1000 nuclear reactor, before receiving the results of an investigation into the Fukushima disaster.
That drew the ire of environmental groups, who called for the new nuclear project to be halted.
Judge Harry Edwards said the groups “failed to indicate any environmental data that were not considered in the EIS [environmental impact statement],” and the U.S. District Court of Appeals panel found “no merit” in the environmentalists’ claims.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved construction for two new units at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, and the design of the Westinghouse Electric Co. AP1000 nuclear reactor, before receiving the results of an investigation into the Fukushima disaster.
That drew the ire of environmental groups, who called for the new nuclear project to be halted.
Judge Harry Edwards said the groups “failed to indicate any environmental data that were not considered in the EIS [environmental impact statement],” and the U.S. District Court of Appeals panel found “no merit” in the environmentalists’ claims.
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