Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A petition has been filed to the NRC to address Hurricane Sandy-related concerns prior to permitting Oyster Creek Generating Station to return to service
Anti-nuclear advocates have filed emergency legal proceedings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and have made an appeal to Gov. Chris Christie to intervene and ensure that "major flaws" at Oyster Creek Generating Station are addressed prior to the nuclear power plant returning online. “We’ve just been through a heart wrenching catastrophe with Sandy,” said Janet Tauro, chair of the Board of Directors of the NJ Environmental Federation (NJEF) and founder of Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES). “So many have lost their homes, been displaced, been made physically ill by the aftermath of the devastation that to add the greater risk of a Fukushima radioactive event to the mix would simply be inhuman.” The …
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Christie's budget will provide $4.8 million in aid to Manchester schools
The long-awaited 2012 state aid numbers that will determine the scope of school district budgets statewide have been released by the Department of Education, showing that Manchester schools will receive $453,145 more in state funding than they did for 2010-11. In his budget plan speech Tuesday, Christie announced his plan to increase funding for districts by $250 million in 2012, welcome news to districts fearing the trend of big cuts would continue. Ocean County districts will receive about 5 percent of that increased aid, according to the data released today. Manchester Schools Business Administrator Craig Lorentzen said his district's increase was "unexpected." "Once we heard aid was going to be increased to school districts in the …
Friday, December 31, 2010
First public appearance since Florida vacation
Gov. Chris Christie, speaking in Freehold Friday afternoon, signed an application for federal aid aimed at reimbursing municipalities for the expense of cleanup from this week's blizzard. The application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency covers 13 counties, including Monmouth and Ocean, Christie said. Christie, in his first public appearance since returning from a Florida vacation Thursday, thanked Colonel Joseph R. Fuentes, head of the State Police, and Department of Transportation head James S. Simpson for their work during the storm. "This has been an extraordinary five days for them,'' Christie said. Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola did not immediately return a request for comment on the governor's announcement. Christie …
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10:47 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
According to NRC it was 6 inches away from the cooling pump motors: 10/29/2012 11:27 pm The intake water level was read as 4 inches above the base of the service water pumps. The ABN-32, revision 19 value for tripping the service water (SW) pumps was 6 inches below the pumps’ motors (33 inches above the SW pump base). 10/30/12 12:11 am Combustion Turbine #2 (station blackout power source) was … more ›