(Download) "Oltz v. St. Peters Community Hospital" by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Oltz v. St. Peters Community Hospital
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 28, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
Description
The Sierra Club petitions for review of an order of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board ("Appeal Board") involving the Diablo Canyon nuclear power station. The Sierra Club intervened in proceedings initiated by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to amend PG&Es operating licenses to allow expansion of its on-site fuel storage capacity at the facility. During the administrative proceedings, the Sierra Club raised a "contention" regarding the risk of a loss-of-coolant accident. The Sierra Club based its contention on a recent study prepared for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that described the risks and consequences of such accidents. The report contained recommendations adverse to the type of fuel storage contemplated in the proposed Diablo Canyon license amendments. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ("Licensing Board"), however, rejected the Sierra Clubs contention as inadmissible, In re Pacific Gas and Elec. Co. (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), 26 N.R.C. 159, 167 (Lic. Bd. 1987), and the Appeal Board upheld the Licensing Boards disposition, In re Pacific Gas and Elec. Co. (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), 26 N.R.C. 449, 456 (App. Bd. 1987).