Managing Jersey's Nuke Cleanup
Two things happened recently which are related, but not in a way you might suspect.
First, Congressman Andy Kim held a town hall meeting to discuss the decommissioning and clean up of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township.
Second, I watched the HBO miniseries on the Chernobyl disaster. That tragedy was inevitable because of cutting corners in construction combined with mismanagement in the reactor’s operation.
While it is true that both dealt with issues surrounding the environmental disasters that can be inherent in generating electricity from nuclear fission, that’s not what I’m emphasizing in this article. There are certainly differences – the reactor at Chernobyl was flawed in its design and the accident occurred during its operation. Oyster Creek is closed, and the issues now surround site remediation and safe removal of highly radioactive detritus.
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