U.S. Nuclear Plants

Salem Creek
New Jersey

Unit 1 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
*	*	*	PWR	August 13, 1976	August 13, 2016
Unit 2 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
*	*	*	PWR	May 20, 1981	April 18, 2020

PWR= Pressurized Light Water Reactor

* Data for Salem Creek's two units is combined. The capacity total for Salem Creek's reactors is 2,221 net MWe. Total generation was 16,998,774 kilowatthours. Based on that total, the annual capacity factor average (both units) is 87.4 percent.

Description: The Salem nuclear power plant is located on a 700-acre site near Salem, New Jersey. The plant shares a three mile long island with the Hope Creek nuclear station.

In 2001, the twin units at Salem generated 17.2 billion kilowatthours of electricity, accounting for more than half of the State's total nuclear output (30.5 billion kwh). The plant is operated by its majority owner, PSE&G Power. PSE&G owns 57.4 percent and Exelon owns 42.6 percent.

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Sources: Capacity, for purposes of this report, is the net summer capability as reported in Energy Information Administration (EIA) survey form 860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Capacity Factor is a calculation in which the maximum possible generation (based on net summer capability) is divided into the actual generation than multiplied by 100 to get a percentage. Generation is the electricity output reported by plant owners on EIA survey form 906. Type of Unit: All U.S. commercial reactors currently in operation are one of two types: BWR (boiling water reactor) or PWR (pressurized light water reactor). The type is identified in EIA's Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report. Both the On-line Date and the License Expiration Date are reported annually in Information Digest by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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