Beyond Nuclear has filed suit in federal court in Michigan trying to slam the brakes on Holtec’s restart of the 800-megawatt Palisades nuclear power plant.
Together with Don’t Waste Michigan and Michigan Safe Energy Future, Beyond Nuclear asked a U.S. District Court in the Western District of Michigan for an injunction blocking the restart approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
NRC and Holtec Decommissioning International are listed as defendants in the complaint filed Monday. Holtec purchased Palisades in June 2022 from Entergy, which shut down the plant in May 2022.
Beyond Nuclear argues the current regulatory regime “does not contemplate a reversal of the decision” to terminate power generation operations. The group asserts that Holtec should be forced to pursue a new license application.
The plant is said to be on the brink of restarting. Holtec said last month it has received the fuel assemblies to restart electric generation at the plant.