Exelon Permanently Shuts Down Oyster Creek Nuclear Station
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SUGAR LAND--September 18, 2018--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Officials with Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) and members of the news media held a retirement party of sorts on Monday to mark the permanent shutdown of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Plant in Forked River, New Jersey. Located about 60 miles east of Philadelphia, the 615-megawatt (MW) power generating station came online in December 1, 1969, making it the oldest commercially operated nuclear power plant in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
