Fukushima's Lessons Guide Safety Upgrades at Oyster Creek, Says Exelon
Source: Barnegat Ocean Acres Patch
One year after the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Exelon Nuclear has performed extensive reviews of equipment, structures and procedures at Oyster Creek Generating Station.
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Exelon Nuclear is not only verifying the safety of its plants one year after the incident in Japan but just days after an anti-nuclear peace walk began from Oyster Creek Generating Station to Vermont Yankee.
The walk was meant to call attention to the implications of the Fukushima accident for nuclear power safety in the U.S. Today, the demonstrators are making their way from West Long Branch to Perth Amboy.
“All of these things Oyster Creek is mentioning is like putting a band-aid on a 3-inch gash,” said Edith Gbur, a member of Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, one of the groups involved in the peace walk. “It does not take care of the basic problem.”
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