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Dozens of people from the surrounding community and across the nation attended a hybrid meeting Thursday, Sept. 22, meant to discuss plans to decommission Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert.
However, in September 2022, Holtec applied for funds from the Civil Nuclear Credit to reopen the plant. [12] This request was denied in November 2022. [13] In December 2022, Holtec announced that it will reapply for funds from the Civil Nuclear Credit in order to restart Palisades. [14] Other efforts have been made to "repower" the plant. [15]
Whitmer replied by advocating for the plant to receive federal funding through a new nuclear plant bailout program at the U.S. Department of Energy and said her office had been in talks with ...
The reopening of Palisades would mark the first restart of a closed nuclear reactor in U.S. history. News 8 got a look inside with the NRC, which will make that decision. Most areas were restricted.
In the United States, a Nuclear Waste Policy Act and Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund is legally required, with utilities banking 0.1 to 0.2 cents/kWh during operations to fund future decommissioning. They must report regularly to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the status of their decommissioning funds. About 70% of the total ...
Holtec International is a supplier of equipment and systems for the energy industry. [1] [2] Founded in Mount Laurel, New Jersey in 1986, Holtec International is a privately-held technology company with domestic operation centers in New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania and worldwide in Brazil, India Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain, U.K. and Ukraine. [3]
As Palisades Nuclear Plant prepares to power down in May, the community is invited to discuss the decommissioning process and economic impact. Community meeting on looming Palisades Nuclear Plant ...
Nuclear decommissioning is the administrative and technical process leading to the irreversible closure of a nuclear facility such as a nuclear power plant (NPP), a research reactor, an isotope production plant, a particle accelerator, or uranium mine. It refers to the administrative and technical actions taken to remove all or some of the ...