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 …
Friday, December 16, 2011
The NRC's Japan Task Force will continue to review nuclear plant's venting and emergency back-up power systems
The Petition Review Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) denied part of a petition seeking the immediate shutdown of Boiling Water Reactor Mark 1 designs, including Oyster Creek Generating Station. “As we have said previously, we have determined that U.S. power reactors remain safe for operation,” NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said. In October, there was a public hearing prompted by a petition of more than 8,000, including the local group Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES), calling on the NRC to “freeze our Fukushimas.” The petition, headed by Beyond Nuclear, an anti-nuclear organization, called for the immediate suspension of 17 nuclear facilities with General Electric (GE) Boiling Water Reactors Mark 1 …
Friday, October 7, 2011
Oyster Creek Generating Station is among the 21 reactors that more than 8,000 petitioners are asking the NRC to shutdown
Petitioners urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to immediately suspend all U.S. nuclear plants with the same type of reactor as the plant in Fukushima, Japan during a public hearing today. “This appeal is for human sensibility, moral responsibility and due process,” said Paul Gunter, Director of the Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear. “Fukushima tragically demonstrates that the Mark 1 containment liability is a deceptive falsehood, a breach of contract to both the NRC and public health and safety.” The public hearing was prompted by a petition of more than 8,000, including the local group Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES), calling on the NRC to “freeze our Fukushimas.” The petition, headed by Beyond …
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The operation of Oyster Creek Generating Station and other power plants throughout the country will be discussed
A public hearing regarding all US nuclear plants with the same type of reactor as the plant in Fukushima, Japan will be heard via webcast or telephone on Friday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission-run hearing will give the pubic the opportunity to comment on requested emergency enforcement actions to suspend operations at Fukushima-style nuclear reactors, like Oyster Creek Generating Station. The public hearing was prompted by a petition of more than 6,000, including the local group Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES), calling on the NRC to “freeze our Fukushimas.” The petition, headed by Beyond Nuclear, an anti-nuclear organization, calls for the immediate suspension of 17 nuclear …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Petition calls for the NRC to revoke the approval for an experimental venting system and more at Oyster Creek and other nuclear plants throughout the country
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is keeping an eye on certain nuclear plants, including Oyster Creek Generating Station, after a petition was filed by advocates concerned about the similarities to the Fukushima plant in Japan. The petition, headed by Beyond Nuclear, an anti-nuclear organization, calls for the immediate suspension of 17 nuclear facilities with General Electric (GE) Boiling Water Reactors Mark 1 units, the same type of reactors at Fukushima that experienced a meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami. “We should be freezing our Fukushima’s, like Oyster Creek, and not allowing them to operate given all the questions and until all those questions can be answered with confidence,” said Paul Gunter, Director of the …
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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 ›