TRENTON — State environmental officials have created an advisory panel to review operations at Oyster Creek, the nation's oldest nuclear power plant. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin signed an administrative order today creating the three-member panel. He will be the chairman. The other members will be state Homeland Security Director Charles McKenna and an as yet unnamed...
Oyster Creek Nuclear Plan, located along Route 9 in the Forked River section of Lacey Township. Environmental officials created a three-member advisory panel today to oversee practices at the plant.TRENTON — State environmental officials have created an advisory panel to review operations at Oyster Creek, the nation's oldest nuclear power plant.
Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin signed an administrative order today creating the three-member panel.
He will be the chairman. The other members will be state Homeland Security Director Charles McKenna and an as yet unnamed independent nuclear safety expert.
DEP nuclear engineers and safety experts will assist the panel. It will review ongoing operations and safety plans for the Lacey Township plant and will monitor decommissioning plans for Oyster Creek. The plant opened in 1969 and is scheduled to close in 2019.
Martin said the panel will help ensure the shutdown process is as transparent as possible.
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