Court Rejects NEPA Challenge To NRC Exemption For Diablo Power Plant

A federal appellate court has rejected environmentalists’ challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other laws to a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to provide an exemption to a license renewal application deadline for the continued operation of California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, finding the agency did not act arbitrarily or capriciously. “The panel held that NRC’s decision to grant the exemption was not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. Nor did the NRC act...