Hope Creek Unit 1

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Hope Creek Unit 1 is a single-unit boiling water nuclear reactor located at the Hope Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, USA.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boiling water reactor
commercial nuclear generating unit
nuclear power reactor
adjacentFacility Salem Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 NERFINISHED
Salem Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 NERFINISHED
commercialOperationDate 1987-12-20
constructionStartDate 1976-11-01
containmentType Mark I containment
coolant light water
coolingSource Delaware River NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designElectricalOutput_MWe approximately 1219
firstCriticalityDate 1986-07-01
fuelAssemblyType BWR fuel assembly
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnection PJM Interconnection NERFINISHED
gridConnectionDate 1986-07-25
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe approximately 1300
hasCoolingTowers true
locatedIn Hope Creek Generating Station NERFINISHED
Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey NERFINISHED
New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Salem County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
moderator light water
netElectricalCapacity_MWe approximately 1172
NRCPlantCode HCGS NERFINISHED
NRCUnitNumber 1
numberOfLoops 1
operator PSEG Nuclear LLC NERFINISHED
owner Public Service Enterprise Group NERFINISHED
partOf Hope Creek Generating Station NERFINISHED
primaryGrid North American power grid GENERATED
reactorCoreType lattice core
reactorGeneration Generation II
reactorSupplier General Electric NERFINISHED
reactorType BWR-4
reactorVesselManufacturer Babcock & Wilcox NERFINISHED
regulatoryBody U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NERFINISHED
safetySystemType emergency core cooling system
sharesSiteWith Salem Unit 1 NERFINISHED
Salem Unit 2 NERFINISHED
siteName Artificial Island NERFINISHED
siteType twin-unit site with Salem Nuclear Power Plant
status operational
steamCycle direct cycle
thermalCapacity_MWt approximately 3840
thermalNeutronReactor true

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NPF-57 appliesToReactorUnit Hope Creek Unit 1