United States · 39.814, -74.206Oyster Creek
Oyster Creek, nuclear power plant in United States, operated one boiling water reactor between 1969 and 2018 and is now shut down.
- Country
- United States
- Units
- 1
- Technology
- BWR
- Net capacity
- —
- First grid connection
- 1969
- Operator
- Exelon Generation
- Owner
- Exelon Corp
- Status
- Shut down
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Operating capacity
0 MWe
net electrical
Units
1
0 operating
First start-up
1969
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Creek 1 | Boiling water (BWR) | GE BWR/2, Mark I containment (BWR-2 (Mark 1)) | Shut down | 619 | 1,930 | Dec 1964 | Sep 1969 | Sep 2018 | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
Oyster Creek 1, a 619 MWe BWR (GE BWR/2, Mark I containment (BWR-2 (Mark 1))), started construction in 1964 and operated from 1969 to 2018.
Operator: Exelon Generation.
Owner: Exelon Corp.