Holtec International is asking for federal funds to restart the shuttered single-unit Palisades nuclear power station in Michigan, an effort state governor Gretchen Whitmer has described as a “top priority” for the state.
“I will do everything I can to keep this plant open, protect jobs, increase Michigan’s competitiveness, lower costs and expand clean energy production,” Whitmer wrote in a letter to energy secretary Jennifer Granholm.
She said keeping Palisades in operation would protect 600 high-paying jobs at the 805-MW pressurised water reactor facility and 1,100 additional jobs throughout the community while also “shoring up clean, reliable energy production in Michigan”.
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