First Page
518
Last Page
563
Abstract
This article seeks to examine the United States commercial nuclear power plant decommissioning process, a look into a subject that begins at the end of a nuclear plant's life. The subject is often overlooked in favor of the more dominant and controversial issue of when and where a federal spent nuclear fuel repository will be established. But to overlook the American nuclear plant decommissioning process would be a missed opportunity to understand what happens after a nuclear plant permanently ceases power operations-a process that has the potential to last decades and affect the plant's local community through economic and environmental impacts.
Recommended Citation
Joseph D. McManus,
Lights Out: Decommissioning the American Nuclear Plant,
36 J. Nat’l Ass’n Admin. L. Judiciary
518
(2016)
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/naalj/vol36/iss2/5
