AMERGEN TO PURSUE OYSTER CREEK LICENSE EXTENSION.

Industrial Environment,  April, 2004  

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AmerGen Energy Co., Forked River, N.J. will seek to extend the operating license of Oyster Creek Generating Station by 20 years, the company. AmerGen, a wholly owned Exelon company and the plant's licensee, expects to submit a license renewal application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in mid-2005.

Oyster Creek is a 636-megawatt nuclear station in Ocean County. Its operating license expires in April 2009. NRC approval would extend the license until April 2029.

Oyster Creek is subject to a rigorous program of oversight and inspection by the NRC. The plant has its own ...

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