Vol. 7 - No. 11
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By Bob Vosseller SHIP BOTTOM – Meeting new friends can come about in a variety of ways but one borough couple met some new friends in a unique way, by rescuing them from a burning boat. At around 6:25 p.m. on Aug. 10, Dawn Spellman-Anastasi and her f iancé Tom Bar ret t of Ship Bottom were cruising home in their boat, a 22-foot GradyWhite, having visited friends when they came across smoke near the coastline. “I saw a yellow flash of light,” Anastasi said. Barrett noticed smoke which he said quickly turned black. “I could smell fiberglass burning. We veered closer but at a safe distance.” “I thought the boat was going to blow up. The fire was spreading fast,” Anastasi said.
September 7, 2019
Oyster Creek’s Safety, Dismantling Questioned
By Bob Vosseller LACEY – The decommissioning of the Oyster Creek Generating Station dominated the last of three town hall meetings that Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) held this summer. Kim’s last meeting was held on Aug. 29 at the Lacey Middle School. Around 150 people, the majority of which were Lacey residents, came to the school’s gymnasium to hear details of the nuclear power plant’s decommissioning status. Attendees expressed concerns about the plant’s decommissioning process noting safety, cost, and public involvement. Oyster Creek was the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the country when it closed in September 2018. Holtec International, based in Camden, purchased the facility earlier this year from Exelon Generation of Chicago. Holtec will decommission the 50-year-old facility that will profit off the reactor’s nearly $1 billion decommissioning trust fund, which is money set aside for dismantling the reactor.
(Rescues - See Page 5)
–Photos provided by Dawn Spellman-Anastasi and Tom Barrett A boat owned by the Gaskills of Stafford caught fire, and they were rescued by a couple who happened to be at the right place at the right time.
Popular Sub Shop Hits The Road
By Kimberly Bosco BA R N EGAT – A local business is leaving its longtime home, trading four walls for four wheels. The popular sandwich shop Sub Busters has recently transformed its business into a food truck called Just Keep Eatin’.
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After 21 years of business, Sub Busters announced on August 22 that they were beginning a new adventure. “After 14 years at this location, we have decided not to renew our lease and are closing our doors. Thank you to everyone who has
supported us throughout the years,” read a notice from the sandwich shop. The shop spent 14 years at its location in the Barnegat Acme plaza (formerly Genaurdi’s). Prior to this, they had set up shop in the old Cumberland Farms
plaza f rom 1998 to 2005. But the owner and staff were quick to add, “This is not the last you’ll see of us!” Sub Busters owner Jan Wicks undertook the unique task of transforming a basic yellow (Road - See Page 5)
Removing Radioactive Material Originally, Exelon had planned to dismantle the plant over a 60-year period, a process that would have allowed some of the facility’s radioactivity to degrade to safer levels. Holtec’s proposal seeks to complete the decommissioning within a decade. That was a sticking point expressed by several attendees who questioned Holtec’s ability to accomplish this in a shorter time span. Marianne Clemente, Barnegat, asked “how did it get from 60 years to six years? What miracle technology was developed?” Other residents voiced concern about how casks of radioactive material would be safely transported off the premises. Jeffrey Dostal, former plant manager of Oyster Creek, said he is overseeing the plant’s dismantling as an employee of Holtec and that he would be working with other former Exelon employees of Oyster Creek. “My family and I live in this area. I would not put them in harm’s way.” He pledged state of the art technology and (Oyster Creek - See Page 4)
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