The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an exemption request from the owners of the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station last month for training and providing certain other qualifications for its security force as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The request was made in an effort to keep security personnel safe from COVID-19 and able to provide site security at the decommissioning nuclear power plant.  

In a May 20 letter to Andrea L. Sterdis, vice president of regulatory and environmental affairs for Holtec…