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S.J. nuke plant's
license renewed
Written by
WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
8:53 AM, Jul. 21, 2011|
Nuclear power will continue to play a major
role in South Jersey's energy future for
decades to come.
Federal regulators on Wednesday renewed
the operating license for the Hope Creek
nuclear plant in Salem County for an
additional 20 years.
The decision announced by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission means
Hope Creek can now operate until 2046.
The NRC last month extended the licenses
for the neighboring Salem 1 and Salem 2
reactors in Lower Alloways Creek. They are
now licensed through 2036 and 2040
respectively.
All three reactors are operated by PSEG
Nuclear at its Artificial Island complex in
Lower Alloways Creek. The three plants
produce enough electricity to power 3
million homes.
"The license renewal of Hope Creek, as
well as Salem last month, ensures clean
nuclear energy is available for NewJersey
and the region for years to come," said
Tom Joyce, president and chief nuclear
officer of PSEG Nuclear.
The state's other nuclear power plant, the
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in
Lacey Township, is closing in 2019, 10
years earlier than planned under a deal
with the state Department of Environmental
Protection. In return for not requiring it to
build costly cooling towers to prevent the d
eaths of millions of fish and tiny aquatic
creatures, the state got the plant's
operators, Chicago-based Exelon Corp., to
agree to the early shutdown.
It began generating power in 1969 and is
the oldest nuclear power plant in the
nation.
In announcing the decision, the NRC said it
had taken a close look at safety in the
wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster
earlier this year.
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra
Club, said the NRC should have paid closer
attention to similarities between Hope
Creek and the stricken Japanese reactors
since their designs are similar.
S.J. nuke plant's
license renewed
Written by
WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
8:53 AM, Jul. 21, 2011|
Nuclear power will continue to play a major
role in South Jersey's energy future for
decades to come.
Federal regulators on Wednesday renewed
the operating license for the Hope Creek
nuclear plant in Salem County for an
additional 20 years.
The decision announced by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission means
Hope Creek can now operate until 2046.
The NRC last month extended the licenses
for the neighboring Salem 1 and Salem 2
reactors in Lower Alloways Creek. They are
now licensed through 2036 and 2040
respectively.
All three reactors are operated by PSEG
Nuclear at its Artificial Island complex in
Lower Alloways Creek. The three plants
produce enough electricity to power 3
million homes.
"The license renewal of Hope Creek, as
well as Salem last month, ensures clean
nuclear energy is available for NewJersey
and the region for years to come," said
Tom Joyce, president and chief nuclear
officer of PSEG Nuclear.
The state's other nuclear power plant, the
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in
Lacey Township, is closing in 2019, 10
years earlier than planned under a deal
with the state Department of Environmental
Protection. In return for not requiring it to
build costly cooling towers to prevent the d
eaths of millions of fish and tiny aquatic
creatures, the state got the plant's
operators, Chicago-based Exelon Corp., to
agree to the early shutdown.
It began generating power in 1969 and is
the oldest nuclear power plant in the
nation.
In announcing the decision, the NRC said it
had taken a close look at safety in the
wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster
earlier this year.
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra
Club, said the NRC should have paid closer
attention to similarities between Hope
Creek and the stricken Japanese reactors
since their designs are similar.