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Generation, Oyster Creek is a single-
unit General Electric Mark 1 Boiling
Water Reactor, constructed by Burns
& Roe, Inc. A horseshoe-shaped
canal surrounds Oyster Creek and
connects it to the Barnegat Bay. See
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