National Guard pulled from N.J. nuke plantsThe Associated Press
Posted : Friday Dec 26, 2008 16:27:30 EST
TRENTON, N.J. — National Guardsmen and state police will no longer patrol New Jersey’s three nuclear power plants.
State Attorney General Anne Milgram says that enhanced private security and a new video monitoring system at the plants will suffice.
The video monitoring system used has thermal imaging capabilities and can provide views of the perimeter. It feeds images directly to the state’s Regional Operations and Intelligence Center.
National Guardsmen have patrolled outside Oyster Creek in Forked River and the Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations in Salem County since October 2001.
During the last seven years, Oyster Creek and Salem/Hope Creek have spent more than $82 million combined on capital security improvements.
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