The Forked River Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant in Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. [1] It was proposed as a single 1,070 MW reactor in 1969 to be built by Combustion Engineering and operated by Jersey Central Power and Light. [2] The facility would have been located on a site between JCP&L's existing Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and the Garden State Parkway. Unlike the Oyster Creek Plant, the Forked River Plant would have a cooling tower to prevent the release of hot water into Oyster Creek and Barnegat Bay. [3]
The company General Public Utilities (GPU) used the crane K-10000, the greatest crane in the word, produced by Krøll Cranes A/S at the constructing this plant. [4]
Construction of the plant was halted in 1974 due to financial cut-backs and environmental protests, but was resumed in 1976. [5] The plant's construction was ultimately canceled in 1980, when General Public Utilities (the parent company of JCP&L) halted construction "because of financial difficulties stemming from the accident at its Three Mile Island facility", as well as uncertainty over whether the NRC would grant a license or possibly institute other costly regulations. [6] [2] In addition, community fears and a construction accident that killed one worker helped end the plant's construction. [7]
