A planned Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of the dry cask storage site, including moving the remaining spent nuclear fuel into canisters, at the decommissioning Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township found no significant safety issues.
NRC inspectors were on hand the week of Dec. 14-19 for the loading of the first of 33 spent casks at the site’s independent spent fuel storage installation pad. The loading of the cask was suspended on Dec. 19 due to an issue with the cask ports, according to the NRC’s inspection report.
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