Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Forked River, New Jersey, United States
The nuclear facility occupies 800 acres adjacent to Oyster Creek, featuring a single-unit 636 MWe boiling water reactor constructed by General Electric Company.
The facility received its operating license in 1969, becoming the first commercial nuclear power plant to obtain regulatory approval in the United States.
The decommissioning process includes regular public forums where community members discuss the environmental restoration plans with Holtec International representatives.
The plant drew cooling water from Barnegat Bay through an intake structure system, supplying power to thousands of New Jersey households until September 2018.
During Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the plant's intake structure experienced six and a half feet of water flooding from storm surge without sustaining damage.
Location: New Jersey
Website: http://exeloncorp.com/PowerPlants/oystercreek/Pages/profile.aspx
GPS coordinates: 39.81470,-74.20500
Latest update: June 5, 2025 20:17
This collection brings together nuclear power plants that have shaped the history of civilian nuclear energy. Some experienced accidents that changed the world’s view of nuclear energy. Chernobyl in Ukraine remains a symbol of the 1986 disaster, while Fukushima in Japan showed the risks of natural events. Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania paused the building of new reactors in the US for many years. Other sites are among the largest in the world, like Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Japan or Bruce in Canada. Many places are facing challenges today, such as the Zaporijia plant in Ukraine. The collection also includes projects that tried to push the technical limits of this energy. Superphénix in France and Monju in Japan explored new types of reactors, with mixed results. Some facilities, like Bataan in the Philippines, were never operational despite being fully built. Others, like Oyster Creek or Tokai, helped start nuclear work in their countries. From Siberia to the United Arab Emirates, from Canada to India, these sites tell stories about energy choices, technical progress, failures, and questions that have surrounded this source of power for more than sixty years.
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