Hope Creek Generating Station
Operator: PSEG Nuclear, LLC
Location: 18 miles S of Wilmington, DE
Address:
Hope Creek Generating Station
Alloway Creek Neck Road
Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038
Alloway Creek Neck Road
Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038
Operating License Unit 1: Issued – July 25, 1986, Expires – April 11, 2046
Reactor Type: Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)
Electrical Output Unit 1: 1216 Megawatts Electrical (MWe)
Hope Creek is a single unit boiling water reactor (BWR) with a total generating capacity of 1,216 megawatts net. The station completed an extended power uprate in 2008. The station generates enough electricity to power approximately one million homes each day.
The station received a 20 year license extension in 2011 through the NRC license renewal process.
Operated by PSEG Nuclear, Hope Creek is located along with Salem Generating Station on a 740 acre site in Salem County, New Jersey. Together, the plants comprise the second largest nuclear generating facility in the United States.
The station received a 20 year license extension in 2011 through the NRC license renewal process.
Operated by PSEG Nuclear, Hope Creek is located along with Salem Generating Station on a 740 acre site in Salem County, New Jersey. Together, the plants comprise the second largest nuclear generating facility in the United States.