Federal regulators have allowed the owners of the dormant plant to bring nuclear fuel back into the facility, a key step ...

Federal regulators said there are “no significant hazards” expected with the plan to return nuclear fuel to the power plant’s ...

The Palisades plant permanently closed in 2022, part of a wave of reactor shutdowns as nuclear struggled to compete against cheap natural gas. Palisades started commercial operations in 1971.

This June 24, 2010, photo shows the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Covert, Michigan. Holtec Decommissioning International wants to restore the dead plant.

COVERT, Mich — The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is set to receive up to $1.52 billion in federal funding to restore and restart the shuttered facility.

The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, built between 1967 and 1970, began generating full power in 1973. The plant ceased operations May 20.

According to an AP report published on Wednesday, Holtec Decommissioning International hopes to resurrect the 800 megawatt Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan’s Van Buren county.

Whitmer sent a letter in support of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station's application for grant funding to the U.S. Department of Energy, her office said.

The plant has a generating capacity of 800 megawatts, enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The two 300-megawatt small modular reactors would nearly double the plant's capacity.

Palisades operated for more than 50 years before it was decommissioned in May by then-owner Entergy Nuclear, which had purchased the plant in 2007 from Consumers Energy, which built the plant and ...

Holtec International launches “Mission 2030” to build two SMRs at Palisades nuclear plant, nearly doubling energy output. By Carrie Klein A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan.