Power Plant Fact Sheet

Name of Plant: Oyster Creek Generating Station

Location: 741 U.S. 9, Lanoka Harbor, Lacey Township, New Jersey

Current Owner Exelon Nuclear Fuel Type Uranium pellets in

fuel rods
Nameplate capacity 619 1 Cooling system Ristrophe traveling
(MW) installed screens 2
Boiler install date/ 12/1/1969 3 Operating mode Baseload
Plant in-service date
Total volume of 662 to cool equip. Water body and Forked River, Oyster
water used (MGD) 748 to cool salinity Creek (Barnegat Bay)
discharged water 4 estuary5
Estimated 685.3 million 6 Estimated 2.9 million 7
entrainment (per Impingement (per
year) year)
NPDES permit NJ0005550 Draft permit issued 1/7/10 9
Expires on 11/30/998 on
Cooling system Closed-cycle cooling Time allowed for 3 years11
required by draft system 10 installing required
permit cooling system
Notes:
1. Site size is ~ 860 acres 12
2. In 2009, 2 tritium leaks were found at the plant; the tritium contaminated
1
EIA at www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/oyter_creek.html (9/10/09)
2
Draft Surface Water Renewal Permit, p. 11, NJDEP (01.07.10) available at www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/pdf/
draft_permit100107.pdf
3
EIA at www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/oyter_creek.html (9/10/09)
4
Draft Surface Water Renewal Permit, p. 4, NJDEP (01.07.10) available at www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/pdf/
draft_permit100107.pdf
5
Id.
6
Tim Dillingham testimony before Senate Env. Committee on S.3014b, Dec. 14, 2009.
7
Id.
8
NJPDES Active Permit List at http://datamine2.state.nj.us/DEP/_OPRA/OpraMain/get_long_report
9
Draft Surface Water Renewal Permit, p. 1, NJDEP (01.07.10) available at www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/pdf/
draft_permit100107.pdf
10
Id. at 31.
11
Id. at 31.
12
EIA at www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/oyter_creek.html (9/10/09)
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groundwater and has been flowing into Barnegat Bay. 13
3. Active permits in NJEMS database - issue date: 12.2.98; exp. date: 12.01.03. 14

13
Wikipedia
14
NJDEP Active Permits chart at www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/database.htm
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Questions

Is the current cooling system harming the local waterbody?

What would be the best practicable way to reduce these impacts and how effective
would these measures be?

(Is this what the draft permit requires? [if not say why the draft permit is wrong])

Have cooling towers been retrofitted or required at other plants? [attach a sheet of stock
photos of retrofitted towers]

How long would it take to install cooling towers? [include whether time-line in draft
permit is appropriate]

Would retrofitting cooling towers require a long shut down?

Is there room for cooling towers? [attach a diagram]

How much would cooling towers reduce the electrical output of the plant?

Would cooling towers cause air pollution or increase emissions of greenhouse gases?
[include salt particles]

Would cooling towers cause fog or visual impact? [attach photos of recommended tower
design]

How costly would cooling towers be?

Can the plant owner afford cooling towers at current electric prices?

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Would requiring cooling towers cause electricity prices to rise?

Could requiring cooling towers cause the plant to shut down permanently or undergo
some major rennovation?

I, ____, P.E., certify that based upon the documents I have reviewed, I believe the facts
and opinions above to be true to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty.

_________

Date:

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