Oglala Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20094
No(s). 20-1489 (D.C. Cir. Aug 9, 2022)

The D.C. Circuit denied a Native American tribe's petition to review NRC's decision to grant a source material license for uranium extraction from ore beds in South Dakota. The tribe initially raised challenges to the license application and NRC's NEPA and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) p...