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🇺🇸 Hope Creek

Name: Hope Creek
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈1,067 MW

Units1

First Online1986

Construction Start1976

Reactor power (NRC)100% avg · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates39.467, -75.535

Hope Creek is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 1 recorded unit(s), 1 reactor is operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,067 MW. As of 2026-09-03, 1 of 1 reactor at this site was generating, according to the U.S. NRC daily status report. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1986. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Hope Creek

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Hope Creek-1	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	1,067 MW	Construction 1976 · Grid 1986

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