Press Release-07-008, NRC Finds No Significant Environmental Impacts from Extended Operation of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-07-008: NRC Finds No Significant Environmental Impacts from Extended Operation of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	01/19/2007
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.07-008 January 19, 2007 NRC FINDS NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM EXTENDED OPERATION OF OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final environmental impact statement on the proposed renewal of the operating license for the Oyster Creek nuclear plant. The report contains the NRCs finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of operation.

The Oyster Creek plant is located nine miles south of Toms River, N.J. The current operating license expires April 9, 2009. AmerGen Energy Co., LLC, submitted an application for renewal of the license July 22, 2005.

As part of its environmental review of the application, the NRC held public meetings near the plant to discuss the scope of the review and the draft version of the environmental impact statement.

Comments were received and considered from members of the public, local officials, and representatives of state and federal agencies.

The Oyster Creek Final Environmental Impact Statement is available on the NRCs Web site at this address:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement28/index.html .

Copies are also available for inspection at the NRCs Public Document Room at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md; and at the Lacey County Public Library located at 10 East Lacey Road, Forked River, N.J.

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