Opinion ID: 4198308
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Heading: The Facility

Text: The Apollo facility was a “warehouse style building that was not specifically constructed to house the complex manufacturing operation involving radioactive materials.” JA1427. As Plaintiffs emphasize, the Apollo facility was adjacent to a steel mill and “in the immediate neighborhood of residential areas.” JA1576. The Apollo facility operated from approximately 1953 to 1983 with uranium fuel manufacture beginning in 1958 and decommissioning beginning in 1978. See JA1467; McMunn v. Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Grp., 131 F. Supp. 3d 352, 356 (W.D. Pa. 2015). The Atomic Energy Commission (“AEC”) was the federal regulatory body in charge of overseeing the Apollo facility. During the time that the Apollo facility operated, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) became “the statutory successor to the Atomic Energy Commission.” In re TMI, 67 F.3d 1103, 1112 (3d Cir. 1995). The Apollo facility emitted radiation as a necessary byproduct of manufacturing uranium fuel. Plaintiffs argue that that radiation was in excess of regulatory limits. The focus in this dispute is on radiation emitted from the stacks, vents, and fans on the Apollo facility’s roof. 9