Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant received new nuclear fuel this week—a major milestone on its path to becoming the first US reactor ever brought back from retirement. (Heatmap)
Holtec, which bought Palisades to dismantle it, is now transforming into a nuclear operator—backed by a $1.5B federal loan originally issued under the Biden administration and upheld by the Trump DOE.
CEO Kris Singh called it a “testament to the national consensus” around nuclear’s role in meeting the country’s growing power needs.