CONN. LIGHT AND POWER CO. v. NUCLEAR REG. COM'N

No. 81-1050.

673 F.2d 525 (1982)

The CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Carolina Power and Light Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Michael McGarry, III, Washington, D. C., with whom McNeill Watkins II, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant, and entered appearances for intervenor.

Sheldon L. Trubatch, Atty., Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Washington, D. C., with whom Anne S. Almy and Martin Green, Attys. Dept. of Justice, and Stephen F. Eilperin, Sol., Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for respondent. Harvey J. Shulman and G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Before WALD, MIKVA and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Connecticut Light and Power Company ("Connecticut Light" or "Company") challenges a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC" or "Commission") to adopt a stringent fire protection program for nuclear power plants in service before January 1, 1979, 10 C.F.R. § 50.48, App. A, App. R (1980). In the wake of a damaging fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, a 1976 Commission...

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