But industry officials and legal experts say Beijing could lift its suspension of approvals for new nuclear plants when it releases a report on the review, possibly by year's end.
We returned to Rawitch's office Tuesday, told her we believed the suspension was unconstitutional, asked her to reconsider, and warned her that we would take legal action if she did not.
The suspension of the recount culminated a 24-hour period as unpredictable and momentous as any in the extraordinary legal and political drama that erupted after the disputed Nov. 7 U.S. presidential election.
The council lifted the suspension - initially imposed until safer facilities for animals in transit could be built at the port - on legal advice after the High Court overturned the ban pending a judicial review.