N.J. environmental coalition urges Oyster Creek nuclear plant to stop damaging Barnegat Bay

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http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/nj-environmental-coalition-urges-oyster-creek-nuclear-plant-to-stop-damaging-barnegat-bay

A coalition of environmental groups, fishing interests, and members of the public concerned about the health of Barnegat Bay and the Jersey Shore's livelihood are all calling on Exelon, the owner of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, to stop harming the Bay with continued operation of antiquated "once-through cooling" technology.

Continued mass destruction of marine life and water pollution caused by the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant is threatening our entire Jersey Shore economy. We cannot allow the greed of one company, Exelon, to put a natural resource at risk that generates $4 billion dollars annually for our state. This permit is right on the money, and we're calling on NJDEP Commissioner Martin to understand this and adopt the permit.

On January 7th, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a draft Clean Water Act permit that requires the company to install a closed loop cooling system on the plant. This technology upgrade would greatly reduce the major effects of the plant on the Barnegat Bay including its massive intake of over 1.4 billion gallons of water a day. Billions of fish and shellfish - like blue crabs, striped bass and flounder - are killed each year, along with their eggs and larvae. And each year endangered sea turtles become stuck on intake screens, and many have been injured or killed by the plant. The water that is returned to the Bay is over 40 degrees hotter than it came in, harming the overall ecology of the Bay and hurting marine life.

"This issue is a test of the whether the Department and the Christie Administration intend to give Barnegat Bay any chance at all to recover. If they allow 2.8 percent of the volume of the bay to be strained of life every day, the decline of the bay can only continue," stated William DeCamp, Chairman of Save Barnegat Bay.

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and it will keep on KILLING for the next 20 years...

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