Tuesday, February 28, 2012
First discussion will be held in Lakewood on Friday, March 2; walk begins in Waretown on Saturday, March 3
As part of the “No More Fukushimas Peace Walk,” which includes a stop at Lacey's Oyster Creek Generating Station, local advocacy group Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch will be presenting six evening discussions on the nuclear disaster and its implications for the people of New Jersey. “Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, the oldest nuclear plant in the country, has the same design as the Fukushima Nuclear Plant whose disaster caused the permanent displacement of 160,000 Japanese people,” Edith Gbur of Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch said. The walk, which will call attention to the implications of the Fukushima accident for nuclear power safety in the U.S., will begin at the Forked River-based plant and continue to the Indian Point power plant in …
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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 …
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Opponents of aging Oyster Creek nuclear plant line Route 9 to raise awareness of alternative energies
Liz Arnone parked her chair on the right shoulder of Route 9 South and held her sign aloft, prepared to settle in for a few hours. "I'm trying to make sure everybody sees the sign," she said, as a parade of cars zipped down Route 9. Some drivers honked as they drove by. "I think Fukushima really kind of tipped everything for me," said Arnone, a member of Greenpeace New Jersey and the Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch. "It made it so abundantly clear. No matter what they tell you, you can't anticipate what can happen. I don't think we should sit here and wait for something to happen." Arnone was one of a small, but stalwart group of protesters who came together to oppose the continued operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, just …
Friday, May 6, 2011
Greenpeace NJ holds a vigil against Oyster Creek Generating Station
Locals will be gathering at the Waretown Plaza on Saturday for a vigil against the Oyster Creek Generating Station. Greenpeace New Jersey organized the protest, which calls to shut down the nuclear plant. “As a long time resident of Ocean County, I have been concerned about Oyster Creek, its safety, and impact on the environment for many years,” said Mike Morton, Greenpeace NJ senior activist. Following the tragedy at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan, many environmental groups came out in opposition to the nuclear plant. “The Oyster Creek facility, which shares the same antiquated, unsafe, and vulnerable design of the Fukushima facility, is an ecological and environmental risk that is unnecessary and should be immediately closed and …
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Chernobyl survivor to discuss how nuclear disaster changed her life forever
It was 25 years today since life changed forever in the Ukraine in the former Soviet Union and turned some sections into ghost towns. That was the day a series of mishaps, including operator error, lead to explosions in Reactor 4 in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant complex in the Russian woodlands. Tatsiana Alcantara lived nearby. It was a life-changing experience for Alcantara, who has lived in the United States for six years. She will discuss the effects the Chernobyl disaster had on her and her family at 6:30 p.m. at the Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Alcantara has health problems related to the radiation exposure. Her two teenage children, born years after Chernobyl, have medical problems. Her …
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Dennis Zannoni discusses similarities between nuclear plant in Lacey Township and devastated Japan nuclear complex
Dennis Zannoni's conscience is clear. The former longtime resident safety inspector for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station has no regrets about sounding the alarm several years ago about the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. "I've come to be known as the Oyster Creek whistle-blower," Zannoni told an audience of about 90 who attended an informational session at the Ocean County Library in Toms River. The event was sponsored by the Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch. "I never thought of myself as a whistle-blower," Zannoni said. "I was just doing my job. I've often asked myself why I was removed. The answer has become a little more clear." For 17 years, Zannoni was the DEP's chief resident inspector for the Oyster Creek plant. …
Jack
9:53 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
As usual, once the numbers get involved, antinuclear activists are found to be full of it. This "peace walk" is a 280 mile trip and they're only "walking" for about 30 miles of it. According to the schedule posted on their website, the rest of the time they'll be in fossil fuel powered cars/buses emitting CO2 for most of the trip on their way to the next headline grabbing publicity stunt … more ›