Oyster Creek "Power Play"

New Jersey Monthly magazine has a good analysis of the Oyster Creek license renewal battle in its current issue. In an article titled "Power Play," no new ground is broken. But the author, Jeff Pillets, frames the issues well. And he correctly notes that the matter will ultimately be decided in the federal courts.
Recognizing the central role Gov. Corzine will have to play if the plant is to be shut down after its 40-year operating license expires in 2009, Pillets sought comment on the matter from Corzine. Corzine refused to be interviewed for the story. Here's the exchange between Corzine's press secretary, Anthony Coley, and Pillets.
"The governor is against a 20-year extension," Coley said.
But the NRC offers nothing less than a twenty-year extension.
"The governor is against a twenty-year extension," Coley said.
What about the state discharge permit for Oyster Creek - does Corzine support a renewal of that?
"The governor is against a twenty-year extension."
That waffling took place before the state announced plans last week to file a lawuit in federal court seeking a review of the potential impact a terrorist attack on Oyster Creek could have, and before the commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, Lisa Jackson, told an audience Saturday that Oyster Creek would likely have to install large cooling towers - a major expense that could make owner-operator AmerGen think long and hard about keeping the plant open another 20 years.