CENTER FOR NUCLEAR RESPONS. v. U.S. NUC. REG. COM'N

No. 84-5570.

781 F.2d 935 (1986)

CENTER FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY, INC., et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Hodder, Miami, Fla., for appellants. William S. Jordan, III, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellants.

Michael B. Blume, Atty., Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Washington, D.C., with whom F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Herzel H.E. Plaine, Gen. Counsel, and William H. Briggs, Jr., Sol., Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Washington, D.C., and Edward J. Shawaker and Dirk D. Snel, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for the federal appellees. E. Leo Slaggie, Atty., Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Washington, D.C., and John A. Bryson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for the federal appellees.

Harold F. Reis, Washington, D.C., with whom Jill E. Grant, Washington, D.C., and Norman A. Coll, Miami, Fla., were on the brief, for appellee Florida Power & Light Co.

Before WRIGHT, WALD and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge to a ruling of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that certain proposed amendments to a nuclear power plant's operating license present "no significant hazards considerations" and, therefore, that the amendments may be made immediately...

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