The decommissioning operator of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township could be slapped with a $43,750 fine for shipping radioactive materials that exceeded regulatory transportation limits, under a proposed civil penalty levied by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The federal agency proposed the financial civil penalty for Holtec Decommissioning International “because the (Oyster Creek) facility has been the subject of escalated enforcement actions within the last two…