A mere risk of another accident at TMI, said the Court, was not a change in the physical environment, and served to lengthen the causal chain (from renewed operation of Unit 1 to psychological health damage) beyond the reach of NEPA.

• 法院认为，仅仅三哩岛的再次事故危害，也不致引起自然环境的改变，只是延长了因果链（从一号反应堆的再次启动到心理健康损伤），超出了《国家环境政策法》约束的范围。