NRC to Discuss Oyster Creek License Termination Plan, Gather Public Comments during Sept. 17 Meeting
Nuclear Regulatory Commission - News Release
No: 25-047 August 15, 2025
CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200
NRC to Discuss Oyster Creek License Termination Plan,
Gather Public Comments during Sept. 17 Meeting
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on September 17 to describe the license termination process and to accept comments on the license termination plan for the remaining cleanup activities for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Forked River, New Jersey.
The meeting is scheduled from 6-8:30 p.m. Eastern time at the Lacey Township Municipal Building, 818 Lacey Rd in Forked River. The public can also participate via Microsoft Teams; details will be available on the NRC’s public meeting schedule.
The license termination plan was submitted in August 2024 and supplemented through May 2025 by Holtec Decommissioning International, the company performing the decommissioning. The plan addresses the remaining dismantlement activities, including planned demolition of building structures and removal of equipment, and remediation of the remaining residual radioactivity to a level that complies with NRC criteria. Under the regulations, the plan must be submitted to the NRC at least two years prior to the planned license termination.
The NRC staff accepted HDI’s plan and subsequent supplements for a detailed technical review in June.
Written comments on the plan may be submitted through the federal rulemaking website, regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2025-0907; or by mail to: Office of Administration, TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. The deadline for filing comments is October 15.
Oyster Creek was a single-unit boiling-water reactor that came online in April 1969 and was permanently retired in September 2018. In July 2019, the NRC approved the transfer of the licenses for the plant and spent fuel facility from Exelon to Oyster Creek Environmental Protection LLC, for the purposes of decommissioning the facility. OCEP retains ownership of the plant, as well as control of the decommissioning trust fund for the site. HDI, as the licensed operator, is responsible for ensuring the decommissioning work is in compliance with all federal and state regulations.
- Log in to post comments
