Oyster Creek Nuclear Station posed asbestos risk for workers

You may be visiting this page to learn more about the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey and how working their may have affected your health.

Oyster Creek Nuclear Station is the oldest active nuclear powerhouse plant in America.

The powerhouse was first built in 1969, and contains a water reactor that is supplied by water from the Barnegat Bay.

Oyster Creek Nuclear powerhouse is one of just four nuclear plants still operational in NJ.

Nuclear power and how it works
The Oyster Creek Nuclear plant contains a reactor that boils the water and thus creates the steam that drives the turbines that generate electricity.

Asbestos Risks
In decades past, before the public was fully aware of the danger asbestos could pose to a person's health, nuclear plants such as Oyster Creek used asbestos to insulate their equipment.

Generating nuclear power involves employing high temperatures.

The piping, boilers, and containers involved in numclear power production require intensive protective insulation.

Although asbestos was ideal for that application, it also led to the development of mesothelioma cancer and lung cancer, as well as the respiratory illness asbestosis, among other health problems.

Those who worked at Oyster Creek Nuclear powerhouse, as well as other plants, were exposed to dangerous asbestos fibers.

When those fibers become airborne and are inhaled, they become trapped in the lungs and decades later cause cancer.

Mesothelioma of the lungs, liver, or abdomen is a very aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.

Lung cancer can also be caused by asbestos exposure, as well as asbestosis; a potentially fatal respiratory condition.

Thousands of people each year succumb to diseases related to asbestos exposure in the United States.

It is crucial, therefore, for those who worked at Oyster Creek and other such powerhouses to discuss asbestos exposure with a physician.

How we can help powerhouse workers with asbestos-related cancer

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