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Palisades to receive $3B in federal, state funding to fuel plant restart

Nuclear stakeholders celebrate “powerful clean energy comeback story”

September 30, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

The Palisades nuclear power plant. (Photo: Holtec International)

With a $1.52 billion loan from the Department of Energy and $1.3 billion in grants to rural electric cooperatives near the plant, the ambitious plans to restart Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant next fall are moving ahead.

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RIC session addresses reactor restarts—and lessons learned at Palisades

March 18, 2026, 12:40PMNuclear News

At last week’s Regulatory Information Conference, Jamie Pelton cochaired a panel on the Palisades nuclear plant’s restart—a “historic restart,” as she put it. Her choice of words...

RIC panel discusses pathway to fusion commercialization

March 17, 2026, 7:36AMNuclear News

Fusion leaders at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference discussed the path forward for regulating the burgeoning fusion industry. The speakers...

RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration

March 16, 2026, 4:08PMNuclear News

Attendees at last week’s 2026 Regulatory Information Conference, hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saw extensive discussion of new reactor technologies, uprates, fusion, multiunit...

On moving fast and breaking things

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So much of what is happening in federal nuclear policy these days seems driven by a common approach popularized in the technology sector. Silicon Valley calls it “move fast and break...

Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead

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Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information...

NRC commissioners talk reforms, roles at Day 1 of RIC 2026

March 11, 2026, 8:07AMNuclear News

Even a last-minute cancelation from Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright could not derail the optimism permeating day 1 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory...

Hanford contractor settles fraud suit for $3.45M

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Hanford Site services contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) has agreed to pay the Department of Justice $3.45 million as part of a settlement agreement resolving allegations...

2025 annual assessments out for U.S. reactors

March 16, 2026, 12:37PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released its 2025 annual performance assessments of the country’s 95 operating commercial nuclear reactors. And of the 95 reactors, all but five earned...

Webinar highlights Gen IV reactors

March 16, 2026, 7:31AMANS News

The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a new webinar in its ongoing Educator Training series titled “Perspectives on Generation IV Reactors.” It was led by Edward A. Friedman,...

NRC provides timeline update on rules, meeting EO deadline

March 13, 2026, 1:44PMNuclear News

Last May, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” which mandated that the NRC review and overhaul its rules within 18...

Palisades to receive $3B in federal, state funding to fuel plant restart

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