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    • Thu, Jan 27 2011

    Exelon Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings – Nuclear Power Highlights

    After reviewing Exelon’s Fourth Quarter and 2010 Results statement, we have summarized some points concerning their nuclear power fleet. Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation) had its eighth consecutive year of nuclear fleet capacity factors that exceeded 93 percent. Increased nuclear output at Generation primarily reflecting the effect of fewer nuclear outage days in 2010 Higher nuclear fuel costs...
    • Thu, Dec 16 2010

    EPA Regulations Killing Clean Energy

    In sharp contrast to the pro-nuclear energy rhetoric of the Administration, some nuclear power plant owners are considering shutting down their facilities. Exelon, owner of the New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, recently announced that it plans to close the plant 10 years early because of EPA regulations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of plants’ cooling water intake systems. Currently, Oyster...
    • Thu, Dec 9 2010

    Exelon to Close Oyster Creek Generating Station in 2019

    Exelon President and COO Chris Crane announced today that the company will operate the Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey until 2019, after which the plant will retire. The plant is federally licensed to operate until 2029.
    • Thu, May 6 2010

    Oyster Creek Generating Station Completes Maintenance Work And Back At Full Power

    We safely completed a large amount of work that will ensure the safe, reliable production of electricity throughout the summer,” said site vice president Mike Massaro - By April Murelio - Operators at Exelon Nuclear’s Oyster Creek Generating Station returned the unit to the electrical grid today, ending a planned maintenance outage that began Wednesday, April 28.
    • Mon, Jan 18 2010

    NRC Names New Resident Inspector At Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant

    Ambrosini joined the NRC’s Region I office in 2000 after earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University - By Chris Smith - Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Josephine Ambrosini as the new resident inspector at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, N.J. Ambrosini joins Senior Resident Inspector Jeff Kulp at Oyster Creek...
    • Fri, Jul 17 2009

    NRC Investigates Oyster Creek Plant's Thunderstorm Shutdown

    Investigators are being sent to the plant to investigate equipment safety concerns - By Thomas Cheplick - The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station's decision to shutdown on July 12th because of a severe thunderstorm has drawn the attention of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Commission has launched a special investigation into the emergency shutdown, sending four inspectors to Lacey Township in New...
    • Thu, Apr 9 2009

    Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Operating License For Plant Is Renewed By NRC For An Additional 20 Years

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed operating license for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township (Ocean County), N.J., for an additional 20 years. New license to expire April 9, 2029 - By Abby Gessner - The renewal decision comes after thorough and extensive environmental and safety reviews of the application, which was submitted by the plant’s operator, AmerGen Energy Co. LLC...
    • Thu, Apr 2 2009

    Oyster Creek License to Be Renewed To 2029

    NRC greenlights operating license extension for Oyster Creek station - By Linton Levy - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Exelon's Oyster Creek Generating Station's 20-year license application renewal. Regulators in Rockville, Md., considered objections from environmental groups about the power plant's safety, but ultimately found that the plant was safe. With this approval the NRC could...