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*ALERT* EMERGENCY AT NEW JERSEY NUCLEAR PLANT FROM HURRICANE SANDY: POWER LOST — CONCERN OVER COOLING OF REACTOR AND SPENT FUEL POOL
Monday, October 29, 2012 22:31
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:40 AM
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that at “Alert” has been declared at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Forked River, New Jersey, an event related to Hurricane Sandy.
The NRC said that the plant, which is in a regularly scheduled outage, declared the Alert at 8:45 p.m. Eastern time “due to water exceeding certain high water level criteria in the plant’s water intake structure.”
The CommissiU.S. Declares ‘Alert’ At Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant In N.J.on notes that an Alert is the second lowest of four NRC action levels. Before reaching Alert status, the plant declared an “Unusual Event” when the water first reached a minimum high water level criteria, the NRC says.
