Palisades restart work in final phase; no restart date yet

Palisades restart effort entering 'the final milestone phase'

Holtec International says efforts to restart the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township are now entering the final milestone phase, with major repair and inspection work largely complete. Holtec spokesperson Nick Culp tells us crews are finishing maintenance activities and returning systems and equipment to an operational-ready state. “One of our most recent major milestones was we put the reactor head back onto the reactor,” Culp sai…

Palisades restart work in final phase; no restart date yet

Holtec International says efforts to restart the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township are now entering the final milestone phase, with major repair and inspection work largely complete. Holtec spokesperson Nick Culp tells us crews are finishing maintenance activities and returning systems and equipment to an operational-ready state. “One of our most recent major milestones was we put the reactor head back onto the reactor,” Culp said…

» Holtec receives $400M to create two new reactors at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

Holtec International, the company behind the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant restart in Covert, has received $400 million from the federal government to aid in the construction of two small modular reactors (SMR), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday. Specifically, Holtec said the money is going to go towards the licensing, pre-construction, and supply-chain mobilization of two SMR-300 nuclear reactors. These reactors will generat…