Dead-fish count at Oyster Creek nuclear plant reaches 3,300

From: Press of Atlantic City | Date: December 21, 2007| Author: BENSON, DAVID | Copyright information

The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating what happened to cause the manual shutdown this week of the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station, which has thus far resulted in about 3,300 fish killed.

On Wednesday, operators at the nation's longest-running nuclear plant shut the plant down manually after a feedwater pump failed during planned maintenance. Leslie Cifelli, an Oyster Creek spokeswoman, said then that they knew a few hundred fish were killed but beli...