NRC Staff, Entergy Reject Activist Suit Despite Cleanup Policy Dispute

January 10, 2011
The Entergy Corporation and staff for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are at odds over what money and legal authority would be available for cleanup after a major nuclear power plant accident but are nonetheless both objecting to an activist attempt to use the dispute -- which also involves EPA and other federal agencies -- as the basis for blocking the renewal of a Massachusetts plant's license. At issue is a legal challenge the activist group Pilgrim Watch filed Nov...


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