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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
Abstract
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- Judicial Decisions
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- Copyright © American Society of International Law 1981
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1 The “global commons” includes the high seas, Antarctica, and portions of the atmosphere outside the sovereign jurisdiction of a single nation.
2 Judge Ginsburg also sat on the panel presiding over the case but took no part in the disposition of the case.
3 647 F.2d 1345, 1370.
4 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. §3201 et seq. (Supp. III 1979).
5 647 F.2d at 1377.
6 ibid.
7 Section 102(2)(F) instructs federal agencies to recognize global environmental concerns and, “where consistent with the foreign policy of the United States,” to cooperate in preventing the deterioration of the world’s environment.
8 647 F.2d at 1387.
9 Id. at 1389.
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