] At least 100 dead fish were seen yesterday floating in ] the Oyster Creek by the nuclear power plant here, a ] veteran fisherman reported. ] ] Plant investigators saw four dead fish by the Route 9 ] bridge that crosses the creek and another near the ] plant's property line, but officials here said the plant ] did not cause them to die. ] ] "We've checked all of our systems and we've done ] nothing," said Ernest J. Harkness, site vice president at ] the Oyster Creek plant. ] The plant was shut down since Tuesday following an ] electrical malfunction. Power generation should resume ] within the next two days, Harkness said. ] ] In December, the largest fine ever assessed on a New ] Jersey nuclear power plant for causing a fish kill -- ] $372,912 -- was levied by the state Department of ] Environmental Protection against Oyster Creek. Oh yeah.. The plant is _never_ killing the fish. Not this time, not earlier this year, not every six months this happens. This time it was only a few hundred (or the offical number of "four"), last time it was thousands. Does this mean they are getting better? The workers are still striking too.. Asbury Park Press | Official: Plant did not kill any fish |