Nancy Burton v. Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff's claims challenging a nuclear reactor power uprate. It held that the radioactive-discharge claim was preempted because federal law occupies regulation of radiological safety and discharges, while the thermal-discharge claim failed for lack of standing under CEPA, public-nuisance principles, classical aggrievement, and CUTPA. The court declined to find the request for injunctive relief moot because the record did not establish that the uprate could not be reversed or undone.