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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Oyster Creek Launches “Cold Shutdown” Following Off Site Outage
Oyster Creek went dark early this morning due to a loss of off site power, causing the plant's reactor to be shut down as a precaution.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region 1 spokesperson Neil Sheehan says at 3:41 in the morning the plant lost a 230 kilovolt line -presumable due to a loss of ground or electrical fault, causing the reactor's to "scram"-where all the control rods get inserting rapidly into the reactor, halting fission immediately and shutting down the reactor