California To Grapple “Indefinitely” With Nuclear Hangover

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10. Under Law it's the NRC's call...

Under Law; it's the NRC's call, and NOT the GAO.

It's the NRC that writes the rules and enforces them. The GAO can only make sure the NRC is following its own rules.

The GAO can't "second-guess" the NRC with regard to what the rules are.

Heck; the US Supreme Court in the "NRDC v. Vermont Yankee" case stated that even the Courts should not "second-guress" the NRC.

The US Supreme Court stated that when Congress establishes a group of experts to regulate a complex technical enterprise; then the non-technical arms of the Government like the Courts and other agencies, should leave the technical judgments to the technical people that Congress authorized to do the job.

The good thing about science is that is true, whether or not you believe in it.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson

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