Hope Creek nuclear power plant 1
Gross capacity
1,240MW
Hope Creek nuclear power plant 1 is a boiling water reactor unit at Hope Creek nuclear power plant in United States rated at 1,240 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 20 Dec 1986.
Specification
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BWR-4BWR-4 (Mark 1) in the source |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 1,240MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 1,172MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 1,067MW |
| Thermal output | 3,840MWt |
| NSSS vendor | GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energyall vendors |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Hope Creek nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Owner | PSEG Power Inc100% |
| Operator | PSEG Nuclear |
| Coordinates | 39.4666, -75.5377 |
Live status
NRC daily report, unit key "Hope Creek 1"
Power level
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loading
Last 90 days
Updated daily from the US reactor status feed. The NRC publishes a power
percentage only, with no reason for a reduction, so a unit at 0% may be refuelling, in a planned
outage or tripped. See outages.
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
- Framatome BWR fuel assemblies
- Global Nuclear Fuel BWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company BWR fuel assemblies
Upstream
Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Mar 1976Construction start
- 28 Jun 1986First criticality
- 1 Aug 1986Grid connection
- 20 Dec 1986Commercial operation
Other units at Hope Creek nuclear power plant
| Unit | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Creek nuclear power plant 2 | Cancelled | 1,067 |
Other BWR-4 (Mark 1) units
18 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Ferry nuclear power plant 1 | United States | 1,256 | |
| Browns Ferry nuclear power plant 2 | United States | 1,259 | |
| Browns Ferry nuclear power plant 3 | United States | 1,260 | |
| Brunswick nuclear power plant 1 | United States | 990 | |
| Brunswick nuclear power plant 2 | United States | 960 | |
| Cooper nuclear power plant | United States | 801 | |
| Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant 1 | United States | 911 | |
| Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant 2 | United States | 921 | |
| Fermi nuclear power plant 2 | United States | 1,198 | |
| James A Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant | United States | 849 | |
| Peach Bottom nuclear power plant 2 | United States | 1,412 | |
| Peach Bottom nuclear power plant 3 | United States | 1,412 |
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-28
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data