Exelon says reactor will be closed in 2019

摘要

On December 8, Exelon Corporation announced that it intends to retire its Oyster Creek power reactor in 2019, at roughly the halfway point of the license renewal period that began in 2009. The announcement stated, "Due to Exelon's decision to retire the plant early, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will not require the company to install cooling towers at Oyster Creek." At this writing, the state agency had not issued an announcement on the proposed retirement of the reactor or whether it has entered a formal agreement with Exelon on the Oyster Creek cooling system.