Federal nuclear regulators expressed concerns Tuesday on what they called a “very, very demanding” timeline by Holtec International to reopen the Palisades nuclear plant in southwest Michigan by this fall.
The comments from staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission came during a meeting in Maryland that was broadcast online.
Holtec representatives were there to explain two amendments they want to make to a license that they hope to use to reopen the nuclear plant on the shore of Lake Michigan. The Palisades plant stopped operating in 2022. If it reopens, it would be the first shuttered nuclear plant to ever reopen in the U.S…