The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to meet next week with the company in charge of decommissioning a New Jersey nuclear power plant to discuss several security violations at the site earlier this year.
NRC was to host a pre-enforcement conference with Holtec International Oct. 6 to discuss an unspecified number of physical security violations at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, according to an agency scheduling notice dated Sep. 22. The meeting is not open to the public, NRC said.
The commission discovered the security violations at Oyster Creek during a site inspection in May, according to a July 28 letter to Holtec. While the exact nature and number of violations was not disclosed, NRC said that the “number and characterization” of the offenses may change as the agency reviews them.
A Holtec spokesperson told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing Aug. 2 that details about Oyster Creek’s violations were withheld for security reasons, and that the company would “continue to work with the NRC to provide additional information for further discussions.”
Meanwhile, NRC was looking into three violations stemming from an 2020 investigation into a former superintendent and armorer at the Forked River, N.J. nuclear power plant. Those offenses carry the potential of “escalated enforcement action” such as a fine, the agency said in a second July 28 letter.
Holtec, which bought Oyster Creek from Exelon in 2019, has said it could complete decommissioning by 2025 or so.
