Employees of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township have always dug deeply into their pockets to support the United Way of Ocean County. This year, it's deeper than ever.
Cancer rates around the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township, and six other facilities nationwide will be studied in a pilot project by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which will update figures in use by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for 23 years.
As time inches toward the 2019 closure of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting that will begin the process of forming a Decommissioning Plan.
Getting ahead of the eventual closure of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. That's the purpose of a meeting being held in Lacey Township this week hosted by 3rd District Republican Congressman Jon Runyan.
Peaceful protesters stood outside the Oyster Creek Nuclear Facility today on the side of Route 9 with signs that read "NO NUKES, GO GREEN" and "NO FUKUSHIMA NJ."
Lacey Township officials are in the beginning stages of preparing for an economic future without the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant. Deputy Mayor Dave Most, a longtime Oyster Creek worker, says he believes it's an opportunity for Lacey Township to get in on the cutting edge of the energy generation future.
We're coming up on the one year anniversary of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Diachi Plant suffered a series of meltdowns spewing radiation into the atmosphere, following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
It's hard to believe the U.S. Hasn't built any new nuclear reactors in 30 years but that's about to change. According to cnnmoney.com, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is expected to approve licenses to build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia today.