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LORION v. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

No. 82-1132.

785 F.2d 1038 (1986)

Joette LORION, d/b/a Center For Nuclear Responsibility, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Florida Power & Light Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Hodder, Miami, Fla., with whom Terence J. Anderson, Coral Gables, Fla., of counsel, was on brief, for petitioner.

Richard P. Levi, with whom F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Herzel H.E. Plaine, Gen. Counsel, William H. Briggs, Jr., Sol., E. Leo Slaggie, Deputy Sol., Dirk D. Snel, and John A. Bryson, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondents.

Harold F. Reis, with whom Holly N. Lindeman, Washington, D.C., and Norman A. Coll, Miami, Fla., of counsel, were on brief, for intervenor.

Before MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and MACKINNON and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

For more than four years, Joette Lorion has been trying to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC" or "the Commission") to take action against a nuclear power plant near Miami, Florida. She fears that the Turkey Point Unit #4 nuclear reactor, which is owned and operated by Florida Power & Light Co. ("FPL"), contains unsafe equipment, and that the danger of a nuclear accident...

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