Operations at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey might have become hectic during Hurricane Sandy, but were never touch-and-go, says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in response to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Federal nuclear investigators affirm Exelon's termination of a worker who hid a 2004 impaired-driving arrest while training to be a senior reactor operator.
The refueling outage at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township is nearly complete. But if anti-nuclear activists have any say in it, there's a lot more to do before power production resumes.
Anti Nuclear activists are asking the Governor's office and Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station offline until the plant's emergency procedures and evacuation plans are re-evaluated following Hurricane Sandy.
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 inser
Do people who live near nuclear power plants run a higher risk of cancer than those who don't? If a study recommended by a Washington DC group is undertaken, the region around Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township is one of seven targeted for analysis...