Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
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[['Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission', 'significant event', 'decision'], ['Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission', 'main subject', 'Federal preemption']]
In <entity_0>, 461 U.S. 190 (1983), the United States Supreme Court held that a state statute regulating economic aspects of nuclear generating plants was not <entity_1> by the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954. He then addressed the three reasons why the Court held that a safety-motivated <entity_2> to prohibit construction would be <entity_1>: In 1972 the Supreme Court affirmed a <entity_2> of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Northern States Power Co. v. Minnesota, which held that attempts by states to regulate radiation hazards were <entity_1> by the Atomic Energy Act.
['legal case', 'United States Supreme Court decision']