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Holtec, the company decommissioning the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey, broke spending rules, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
LACEY - The Nuclear Regulatory Agency has proposed fining Holtec International, which is decommissioning the defunct Oyster Creek power plant, $43,750 for shipping radioactive material improperly ...
Holtec, which is decommissioning the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, announced that Hyundai is joining a project to build a new type of nuclear reactor.
Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station is an inactive single unit 636 MWe boiling water reactor power plant in the United States. The plant is located on an 800-acre (3.2 km 2 ) site adjacent to Oyster Creek in the Forked River section of Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey .
The NRC regulates all nuclear plants and materials in the U.S. except for of nuclear plants and materials controlled by the U.S. government, as well those powering naval vessels. [28] [29] The 1979 Three Mile Island accident was a pivotal event that led to questions about U.S. nuclear safety. [30]
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States. By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements.
Officials announced about 8 p.m. Tuesday night they would suspend operations at the plant as fires edged closer to the site. All weapons and special materials are safe and unaffected, according to ...
Oyster Creek (New Jersey), a tributary of Little Egg Harbor in Ocean County; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant on the above creek; Oyster Creek, Texas, a city in Brazoria County; Oyster Creek (Texas), a river in Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties