Note:
Katherine B. Edwards, Judicial Review of Federal Environmental Decisionmaking: NRC Regulation of Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal, 58 TEXAS L. REV. 355 (1980).
 

Abstract:
The development of nuclear energy has created one of the greatest dilemmas facing twentieth century governments, because of the inherent conflict between energy needs and environmental protection. This is apparent in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which seeks to balance the competing interests of resource development against environmental degradation. This Note examines agency decisionmaking and the scope of judicial review of agency action in the environmental area. To do so, the author takes the specific issue of nuclear waste management and disposal and follows it through the administrative and judicial machinery.