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· 1/21/1975

Carolina Environmental Study Group v. The United States of America and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Duke Power Company, Intervenor

Citations

  • 510 F.2d 796
  • 166 U.S. App. D.C. 416
  • 5 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20181
  • 7 ERC (BNA) 1675
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 16500

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Recognition of the minimal probability of such an event is not equatable with nonrecognition of its consequences.”
  • probability of an accident that ranges from one in 100,000 to one in a billion is “remote”
  • only “reasonably” foreseeable effects need be described

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Judges: Robb, Wilkey, Markey, Patent

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