Location: Forked River, New Jersey Utility: GPU Nuclear Corporation Reactor Supplier: General Electric Company Capacity: 619 net MWe Reactor Type: Boiling water reactor Date of Operation: August 1969 License Expiration date: 12/15/2009 Electricity Produced in 1997: 5.1 billion kWh 1997 Average Capacity Factor: 93.6%
The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant located in Forked River, New Jersey is
owned by Jersey Central Power and Light Company (JCP&L). It provides about
25 percent of the electricity used by JCP&L's customers.
