Uncertainty haunts Oyster Creek nuclear plant closing
LACEY TOWNSHIP – For 50 years, the Oyster Creek Generating Station has towered over the Pine Barrens in what used to be a sleepy fishing village called Forked River. Some looked at the nuclear plant as they passed on Route 9 and saw hundreds of good jobs and tax ratables, its presence contributing $80 million a year to the local economy.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative.
Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.