Alex S. Polonsky

Partner

Alex Polonsky is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Energy Practice. Mr. Polonsky's practice focuses on energy and environmental law, representing companies before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the federal courts. His energy practice includes advising on NRC licensing; enforcement proceedings; applications for new plants, license transfers, license renewal, and decommissioning; and employment discrimination. Mr. Polonsky's environmental law practice includes advising energy and chemical industry clients on CERCLA, RCRA, and NEPA regulations. He provides environmental due diligence support on energy transactions, and in-depth technical reviews of soil and groundwater data to assist clients facing CERCLA and RCRA enforcement and litigation.

Mr. Polonsky's forte is litigation before NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards (ASLBs). Some of the cases he has defended in litigation before ASLBs include the construction application for a Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, the license renewal application for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the decommissioning plan for a former nuclear materials facility, and license transfer applications for nuclear plants.

Mr. Polonsky's litigation background includes defending "whistleblower" claims, representing nuclear power plant operating owners in lawsuits brought by non-operating owners, and defending and bringing lawsuits under various environmental statutes, primarily CERCLA.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Polonsky clerked for the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP). He also worked for ICF Kaiser Engineers for five years, consulting with the government and corporations on CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, and other environmental statutes and regulations. He has authored over 30 Phase I Environmental Assessments for government, industrial, and commercial properties located throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and conducted more than 20 Phase II Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies. As part of these studies, Mr. Polonsky supervised geologic assessments, characterization of surface soils, and delineation of contaminant plumes in soil and groundwater.

Mr. Polonsky is the co-author of the textbook Fundamentals of Nuclear Regulation in the United States. He also is an instructor for "Nuclear Regulation 101" training sponsored by Electric Utility Consultants Inc. (EUCI).

Mr. Polonsky is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.