PSEG Nuclear's Hope Creek reactor returns to service after refueling outage

PSEG Nuclear's Hope Creek reactor returns to service after refueling outage

by Lee Gliddon

The Hope Creek nuclear reactor here has returned to service after completion of a scheduled refueling outage, officials said Thursday.

The plant began sending out electricity over the regional power grid at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to Joe Delmar, spokesman for the plant’s operator, PSEG Nuclear.

Hope Creek, one of three nuclear reactors at the Artificial Island generating site here along the Delaware River, was shut down on April 13 to begin the refueling outage, the 17th for the plant since it went online in 1986.

As of Thursday, Hope Creek was operating at 37 percent power. Operators were conducting routine start-up testing of the unit as the reactor continues to ascend to full power.

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