Oyster creek

It’s not often a major company opens it’s doors for the public to come inside and look at the inner workings, but Exelon will be opening the doors of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township for its “Community Information Night”.

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Towns within a ten mile radius of the Oyster Creek Power Plant will be participating in a drill mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to test their communication and response systems in case of a nuclear disaster.

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Judges on an appeals panel hold the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's feet to the fire about long-term storage of used nuclear fuel. Environmental advocates see immediate repercussions at the Oyster Creek generating station in Lacey Township, scheduled to close in seven years, for all operators of GE Mark One reactors, and for America's energy policy overall.

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Opponents of the nation's oldest operating nuclear power plant were able to vocalize their concerns and get a load off their chest. However, other than having officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission present as their sounding board in Toms River Wednesday night, little else was accomplished.

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On Tuesday, June 12, a simulated nuclear accident at the Oyster Creek Generating Station in Lacey Township will test Ocean County's response capabilities. The following Friday, you can observe the results in Berkeley Township

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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

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The yearly safety assessment by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the Oyster Creek Power Plant came back with positive results, however anti nuclear activists claim the NRC continues to not be forthcoming with information.

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The nation's oldest nuclear power plant, sitting in Ocean County, forms the basis of a special open house tomorrow night in Stafford Township.

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A Japanese Buddhist organization along with anti-nuclear groups will be participating in a 19-day 'No More Fukushimas Peace Walk' to three nuclear generating facilities on the northeast coast beginning in New Jersey.

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The off site emergency management review for the Oyster Creek Power Plant in Lacey is postponed into next year thanks to Hurricane Irene.

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