Oldest US Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After Nearly 49 Years

America’s oldest nuclear power plant is shuts down on Sept. 17, 2018. Peter Ackerman/The Asbury Park Press via AP

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY—America’s oldest nuclear power plant has shut down.

Officials at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey say the plant went offline at noon on Sept. 17. The plant was considered near the end of its useful life.