Thursday, October 20, 2011
Oyster Creek Generating Station will have to make changes according to the NRC's established timeframes for various recommendations
Oyster Creek Generating Station will soon have to address various issues after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted on recommendations that should be implemented “without delay” in response to the Japanese reactor events, NRC spokesperson Neil Sheehan said. “The approved plan calls for the changes to be carried out via orders, rulemakings (the development of new regulations) and NRC requests for plant-specific information,” Sheehan said in an e-mail. Following the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi last March, the NRC established a Japan Task Force to determine potential necessary changes at U.S. nuclear power plants, he said. Near-term recommendations were issued in July and the NRC was asked to prioritize the recommendations. Sheehan…
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Residents voice concerns about Oyster Creek Generating Station and its similarities to Fukushima Daiichi in Japan
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan weighed heavily on the minds of those who attended a public hearing Tuesday on the New Jersey Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP). The hearing, held by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New Jersey State Police, was treated as a question and answer session as members of the public expressed their concerns with Oyster Creek Generating Station, the oldest operating nuclear plant in the country. The Emergency Response Plan is updated annually with minor changes, said Paula Baldauf, assistant director of Radiation Protection Programs with the DEP. “Since agencies' roles and responsibilities of the RERP outlines don’t often change, the plan itself …
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Some areas of concern found, but overall report is adequate
The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station should be able to handle extreme events like fires or floods, according to a recent review by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC completed its inspection of Oyster Creek on April 28. "The objective of this inspection was to promptly assess the capabilities of Oyster Creek to respond to extraordinary consequences similar to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event," the NRC said in a letter to Michael J. Pacilio, President and Chief Nuclear Engineer for Exelon Nuclear. The inspection was conducted by two resident inspectors, a region-based inspector and a region-based senior reactor analyst. The NRC is billing the reviews as "temporary inspections" of all operating …
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Berkeley mayor and a number of citizen groups say plant should be shut down as soon as possible
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asked a federal appellate court to deny a petition by a coalition of citizen groups to re-examine the relicensing of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, in the wake of the nuclear mishaps in Japan. "No safety, technical, or policy justification exists to single out particular reactors for different treatment, just because of their place in the licensing queue or status on judicial review," the NRC said in a brief filed recently. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in March directed NRC lawyers to provide more information about the "propriety" of re-licensing the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The NRC relicensed the then-40-year-old plant on April 8…
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Dennis Zannoni discusses similarities between nuclear plant in Lacey Township and devastated Japan nuclear complex
Dennis Zannoni's conscience is clear. The former longtime resident safety inspector for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station has no regrets about sounding the alarm several years ago about the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. "I've come to be known as the Oyster Creek whistle-blower," Zannoni told an audience of about 90 who attended an informational session at the Ocean County Library in Toms River. The event was sponsored by the Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch. "I never thought of myself as a whistle-blower," Zannoni said. "I was just doing my job. I've often asked myself why I was removed. The answer has become a little more clear." For 17 years, Zannoni was the DEP's chief resident inspector for the Oyster Creek plant. …
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7:36 pm on Thursday, July 21, 2011
I didn't say Soros orchestrated it...he just stands to profit immensely by it. There's nothing good about the government seizing private property and forcing people to live only in cramped high-rise housing units along high speed rail lines that connect predetermined urbanized zones....under a one world government no less. Then there is the little matter of the government limiting couples to 2 … more ›