Fukushima and Toms River, N.J., Have the Same Reactors

I'll leave the scientific debate about nuclear power to better-informed colleagues. But here, courtesy of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (an anti-nuke group) and confirmed by General Electric is a list of U.S. nuclear plants that have the same type of reactor as those at Fukushima: a General Electric Mark 1.

ReactorLocation Size Year operation began


Browns Ferry 1 Decatur, AL 1065 MW 1974


Browns Ferry 2 Decatur, AL 1118 MW 1974


Browns Ferry 3 Decatur, AL 1114 MW 1976


Brunswick 1 Southport, NC 938 MW 1976


Brunswick 2 Southport, NC 900 MW 1974


Cooper Nebraska City, NE 760 MW 1974


Dresden 2 Morris, IL 867 MW 1971


Dresden 3 Morris, IL 867 MW 1971


Duane Arnold Cedar Rapids, IA 581 MW 1974


Hatch 1 Baxley, GA 876 MW 1974


Hatch 2 Baxley, GA 883 MW 1978


Fermi 2 Monroe, MI 1122 MW 1985


Hope Creek Hancocks Bridge, NJ 1061 MW 1986


Fitzpatrick Oswego, NY 852 MW 1974


Monticello Monticello, MN 572 MW 1971


Nine Mile Point 1 Oswego, NY 621 MW 1974


Oyster Creek Toms River, NJ 619 MW 1971


Peach Bottom 2 Lancaster, PA 1112 MW 1973


Peach Bottom 3 Lancaster, PA 1112 MW 1974


Pilgrim Plymouth, MA 685 MW 1972


Quad Cities 1 Moline, IL 867 MW 1972


Quad Cities 2 Moline, IL 867 MW 1972


Vermont Yankee Vernon, VT 620 MW 1973

For those of you unfamiliar with the Northeast, Toms River is located in one of the most densely populated suburban areas in the United States, and is about seventy miles south of New York City. More information on the debate over the safety of these reactors, which goes back forty years, can be found on the NIRS Web site. G.E.'s view of the issue can be found here.