Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council
ELR Citation: ELR 20288 No(s). s. 76-419, -528 (U.S. Apr 3, 1978)
On review of two cases in which plaintiffs challenged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) licensing of two nuclear power plants, the Supreme Court unanimously reverses the court of appeals' invalidation of the licenses, announcing that the role of the judiciary in the nuclear licensing proce...