Gordon K. Hunegs of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that during Hurricane Sandy "the plant was always safe." Seismic risk The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Oyster Creek was 1 in 71,429, according to an NRC study published in August 2010. Surrounding population The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of , concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about , concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity. The 2010 U.S. population within of Oyster Creek was 133,609, an increase of 35.8 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within was 4,482,261, an increase of 10.4 percent since 2000. Cities within include Atlantic City ( to city center), Toms River ( to city center), Lakewood ( to city center), Asbury Park ( to city center), and Cherry Hill ( to city center). Gallery See also Anti-nuclear movement in the United States Nuclear power in the United States References External links Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at Exelon Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at Department of Energy Groups seek to stop relicensing of nuclear plants Radioactive contamination and potential health risks from the Oyster Creek nuclear power reactor Powering New Jersey’s Future: A Clean Energy Strategy for replacing the Oyster Creek and Salem Nuclear Plants Buildings and structures in Ocean County, New Jersey Energy infrastructure completed in 1969 Exelon Lacey Township, New Jersey Nuclear power plants in New Jersey U.S. Route 9 Former nuclear power stations in the United States