New Nuclear Plant Owners Plan to Begin Immediate Decommissioning – By Gina G. Scala
Forked River – With the sale of the now defunct Oyster Creek Generating Station complete, its new owners plan to kickstart the immediate decommissioning of what was once the oldest operating commercial nuclear power plant in the nation. Part of those plans include beginning to move nuclear waste from the spent fuel pool before the end of the typical five-year cooling-off period.