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Original Message Alert declared at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant
Posted on 10-30 at 01:48:35 CST
[As released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission]

NRC CONTINUES TO MONITOR HURRICANE SANDY;
ALERT DECLARED AT OYSTER CREEK PLANT;
NO PLANTS SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE STORM

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing to monitor impacts from
Hurricane Sandy on nuclear power plants in the Northeastern United States, including an Alert
declared at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey. The plant, currently in a
regularly scheduled outage, declared the Alert at approximately 8:45 p.m. EDT due to water
exceeding certain high water level criteria in the plant’s water intake structure.

An Alert is the second lowest of four NRC action levels. The Alert was preceded by an
Unusual Event, declared at approximately 7 p.m. EDT when the water level first reached a
minimum high water level criteria. Water level is rising in the intake structure due to a
combination of a rising tide, wind direction and storm surge. It is anticipated water levels will
begin to abate within the next seve [link to www.bnowire.com]

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