Salem Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey and the asbestos risk

Salem Nuclear Generating Station is a New Jersey powerhouse plant located on an Artificial Island.

Environmental advocates and also various workers' unions have taken issue with the power plant due to the alleged damage it has done to the environment in New Jersey, and also because of the unsafe working conditions within the plant and the high level of airborne asbestos.

Salem powerstation has two units with a pressurized water reactor. Both of those reactors utilize the Delaware Bay´s waters for cooling purposes.

Background: asbestos risk

It was publically announced in 2004 that Salem nuclear powerhouse had several safety issues throughout its history of operation.

Even today, local families in New Jersey worry about the powerhouse's safety, as it supplies nearly 50 percent of the state's power.

In decades past, asbestos was widely utilized as an insulation material in nuclear powerhouse plants.

This is because it is heat- and fire-resistent.

Unfortunately asbestos, which was commonly used for safety purposes, has caused cancer and serious respiratory problems in hundreds of thousands of people who worked with it or near it.

People who worked at nuclear power plants, including Salem Nuclear Generation Station, before asbestos safety regulations were put in place, are at a great risk of having developed the three asbestos-related conditions: asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer.

In addition, workers' families are also at risk since the asbestos fibers can be carried home on clothes, hair, and shoe soles.

How we can help powerhouse workers with asbestos-related cancer

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