Nevada v. Department of Energy

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 2006-08-08

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KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge. Since scientists split the atom in 1942, nuclear technology has proliferated into many areas of society. No longer limited to the defense of our nation, nuclear technology is used in energy production, medical diagnosis and treatment, food processing and agriculture and sterilization of consumer goods. For all of the advances it has brought, however, those advances have come at a price —…

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