Cancer rates around the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township, and six other facilities nationwide will be studied in a pilot project by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which will update figures in use by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for 23 years.
Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant opponents are hosting a forum next Tuesday to discuss an upcoming study looking at the health risk associated with living near U.S. nuclear power plants.
Anyone with questions about the Oyster Creek Power Plant's latest safety assessment by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is invited to an Open House in Manahawkin hosted by the NRC.
With 2019 and the closure of Oyster Creek Nuclear power plant looming, Lacey Township held another forum to let residents know about the options available for the site.
Upgrades are required to the vents in nuclear reactors similar to those that failed in Japan after a post-Fukushima Examination conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.