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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al.

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Avr 3, 1978
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Supreme Court of the United States
Juge
Rehnquist
Blackmun
Powell
Numéro de référence
No. 76-419
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Déchets et substances dangereuses, Énergie
Mot clé
Radiation Substances dangereuses Pollution radioactive EIA Autorisation/permis Énergie nucléaire Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives
Résumé
This case presented questions as to the proper scope of judicial review of the Atomic Energy Commission’s procedures with regard to the licensing of nuclear power plants. The Petitioners sought consideration of the environmental effects of that portion of the “nuclear fuel cycle” attributable to the operation of a reactor. The Appeal Board held that the Licensing Boards had to consider the environmental effects of transport of fuel to a reactor and of wastes to reprocessing plants but that they did not have to consider the operation of the reprocessing plants or the disposal of wastes in individual licensing proceedings. The trial court decided that, in absence of effective generic proceedings to consider the issues of this case, they had to be dealt with in individual licensing proceedings. The Supreme Court reversed the above decision on the basis inter alia, that the reviewing courts improperly engrafted their own notions of proper procedures upon the Commission and improperly intruded into the Commission’s decision-making process. The fundamental policy questions appropriately resolved in Congress and in the state legislatures were not subject to reexamination in the federal courts under the guise of judicial review of agency action.
Texte intégral
Jud.Dec.Nat.pre.pdf
Disponible en
UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law in Africa, Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume I, Page 147

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