Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A petition has been filed to the NRC to address Hurricane Sandy-related concerns prior to permitting Oyster Creek Generating Station to return to service
Anti-nuclear advocates have filed emergency legal proceedings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and have made an appeal to Gov. Chris Christie to intervene and ensure that "major flaws" at Oyster Creek Generating Station are addressed prior to the nuclear power plant returning online. “We’ve just been through a heart wrenching catastrophe with Sandy,” said Janet Tauro, chair of the Board of Directors of the NJ Environmental Federation (NJEF) and founder of Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES). “So many have lost their homes, been displaced, been made physically ill by the aftermath of the devastation that to add the greater risk of a Fukushima radioactive event to the mix would simply be inhuman.” The …
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Judges deny coalition's petition for review of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station's license
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down a request by a coalition of citizen groups to review the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The appeals court said it reviewed comments from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Exelon, the plant's owner, and the coalition about the potential impact of the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and "the propriety" of re-licensing Oyster Creek back in 2009. "We are confident that the NRC's review of Exelon's application was well-reasoned, and we will not second-guess technical decisions withing the realm of its unique expertise," the three-judge panel said in its ruling. "For the foregoing reasons, we will deny the petition for review." The …
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Nuclear Regulatory Commission must respond to directive within two weeks
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has directed lawyers for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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 re-licensed the then-40-year-old plant on April 8, 2009, to operate for another 20 years, over the objections of a coalition of citizen groups that fought the plant's re-licensing. Oyster Creek is the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. "At the direction of the court, counsel for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission is directed to advise the court what impact, if any, the damages from the earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power …
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10:47 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
According to NRC it was 6 inches away from the cooling pump motors: 10/29/2012 11:27 pm The intake water level was read as 4 inches above the base of the service water pumps. The ABN-32, revision 19 value for tripping the service water (SW) pumps was 6 inches below the pumps’ motors (33 inches above the SW pump base). 10/30/12 12:11 am Combustion Turbine #2 (station blackout power source) was … more ›