Appeals Court Won't 'Second Guess' Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Judges deny coalition's petition for review of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station's license
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down a request by a coalition of citizen groups to review the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The appeals court said it reviewed comments from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Exelon, the plant's owner, and the coalition about the potential impact of the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and "the propriety" of re-licensing Oyster Creek back in 2009. "We are confident that the NRC's review of Exelon's application was well-reasoned, and we will not second-guess technical decisions withing the realm of its unique expertise," the three-judge panel said in its ruling. "For the foregoing reasons, we will deny the petition for review." The …
Tim O'Connor
6:58 pm on Wednesday, April 27, 2011
This is a waste of tax payers’ money. The Lacey Township section of South Jersey has never; I MEAN NEVER experienced an earthquake!!! It is geologically impossible. All the information needed to prove this, is on the NJDEP Web Site. This is just plain dumb!!!!!!!!!!!! more ›