Palisades
A single-unit pressurized water reactor in Covert, Michigan, shut down in 2022 and now being restarted by Holtec Decommissioning International — the first restart of a retired U.S. commercial reactor.
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Commercial DecommissioningNRC Gets Formal Notice of Revised Palisades Closure Schedule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received formal notice of Entergy’s intent to close its Palisades Power Plant in Michigan more than three years later than it had recently planned. Power operations will end in spring 2022, Charles Arnone, site vice president for Entergy Nuclear Operations, said in a Sept. 28 letter to the NRC. The […]
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Reactor Licensing & RegulationWrap Up: Indian Point Gets Break on NRC Post-Fukushima Requirements
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request to effectively suspend the requirement that the Indian Point Energy Center in New York state complete fresh assessments of earthquake and flooding risks. The regulator in 2012 required that all holders of nuclear power reactor licenses and construction permits conduct the evaluations in the wake of the […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC Gets Formal Notice of Revised Palisades Closure Schedule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received a formal notice of Entergy’s plans to close its Palisades Power Plant in Michigan more than three years later than earlier scheduled. Power operations will end in spring 2022, Charles Arnone, site vice president for Entergy Nuclear Operations, said in a Sept. 28 letter to the NRC. The letter, […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
ADP Deal for Nuclear Plant Acquisitions Slowed as One Keeps Running
An AREVA Nuclear Materials-NorthStar Group Services joint venture no longer expects to seal the deal in 2017 on its first acquisitions of nuclear plants for decommissioning, an executive said this week. The two companies in February announced the formation of Accelerated Decommissioning Partners, which would buy closed nuclear plants and take charge of decommissioning, site […]
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DecommissioningADP Deal for Nuclear Plant Acquisitions Delayed
An AREVA-NorthStar Group Services joint venture no longer expects to seal the deal in 2017 on its first acquisitions of nuclear plants for decommissioning, an executive said Monday. The two companies in February announced the formation of Accelerated Decommissioning Partnership, which would buy closed nuclear plants and then carry out decommissioning, site restoration, and used […]
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Decommissioning
Palisades Nuclear Plant Closure Delayed Nearly Four Years
Thomas Gardiner The Palisades Power Plant in Michigan will remain operational more than three years longer than planned, to spring 2022, owner and operator Entergy announced Thursday following the mutual termination of plans for state utility Consumers Energy to buy the companies’ power purchase agreement. The announcement comes less than a week after the Michigan […]