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I mean it makes sense, if the Atomic Energy Commission already licensed the plant site, why shouldnt they be able to reuse it?



Laws have changed a lot since the AEC existed.


without looking up we can easily bet that anti-nuclear activists did their share of lawsuits to try to get those new laws applied to the plant, so there have been reviews.


One very important milestone was the Calvert Cliffs decision in 1971, applying NEPA to nuclear construction. This was while the AEC still existed, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_Cliffs%27_Coordinating...




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