Atlas Corp. v. United States
ELR Citation: ELR 20706 No(s). s. 89-1205 et al (Fed. Cir. Feb 2, 1990)
The court rules that corporations that entered into contracts with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to produce uranium or thorium cannot recover costs expended to stabilize mill tailings as required by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA), and imposition of the Act's taili...