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COVERT — Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Power Plant was sold Tuesday to a company that specializes in decommissioning nuclear power plants, company officials announced.
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]
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.
The letter, signed by nine congressional representatives, was sent to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and NRC Chair Chris Hanson.
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 ...
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 ...
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States. By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements.