LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The nation’s oldest nuclear power plant has been taken offline for a planned refueling outage.
The Oyster Creek plant in Lacey Township was shut down early Monday.
During the outage, crews will perform maintenance work throughout the plant and replace nearly one-third of the reactor’s fuel to keep the unit running safely and efficiently for another two-year cycle.
Technicians also will complete testing, maintenance and modifications that can only be done when the station is not generating electricity.
Plant officials did not say how long it will take to complete the work.
Oyster Creek generates enough electricity to power roughly all the homes in Monmouth and Ocean counties combined.
Oyster Creek is due to shut down by the end of 2019. It went online in 1969.
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