A retired nuclear plant in Michigan is about to restart, a first for US

Published on July 29, 2025

The starting gun for the long-promised U.S. nuclear renaissance might have just gone off. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced late last week that it has granted several key approvals that Holtec International needs to restart Michigan’s 800-megawatt Palisades Nuclear Plant three years after the facility…

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