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Entergy and Holtec File Request to Transfer Palisades Nuclear Plant Post-Shutdown
12/23/2020

Entergy Corporation and Holtec International, through their affiliates, jointly submitted a License Transfer Application today with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting approval to transfer the NRC licenses for the Palisades Nuclear Plant to Holtec following its shutdown and permanent defueling in the spring of 2022.

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Entergy’s Palisades Power Plant Returns to Service after Final Refueling and Maintenance Outage
10/21/2020

Entergy remains committed to the safe, secure, and reliable operation of Palisades until the plant’s permanent shutdown in the spring of 2022.

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Palisades Power Plant Returns to Service
12/28/2018

Palisades Power Plant returned to service this morning, following the completion of its successful scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. Control room personnel returned the plant to operation, sending electricity to the grid after a planned shutdown that began October 28. This was the 26th refueling in the plant’s history.

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Palisades Power Plant Begins Scheduled $62 Million Refueling, Maintenance Outage
10/29/2018

Palisades Power Plant has begun a scheduled $62 million refueling and maintenance outage, reflecting a commitment to safe, secure, and reliable operations until the facility’s permanent retirement in spring of 2022. It is the 26th such outage since the plant opened in 1971.

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Entergy Agrees to Post-Shutdown Sale of Pilgrim, Palisades Nuclear Power Plants to Holtec International for Decommissioning
08/01/2018

Entergy has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, after their shutdowns and reactor defuelings, to a Holtec International subsidiary for accelerated decommissioning.

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Palisades Power Plant
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Entergy to Continue Operating Palisades Power Plant Until Spring 2022
09/28/2017

Entergy Corporation announced today that it plans to operate Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, until the spring of 2022, under the existing Power Purchase Agreement with Consumers Energy.

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Palisades Power Plant
Palisades Power Plant
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Palisades Power Purchase Agreement to End Early
12/08/2016

Nuclear Plant to Close in 2018

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News > Safety
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Completes $58 Million Planned Refueling and Maintenance and Upgrade; Returns to NRC’s Top Safety Category
10/19/2015

Entergy’s Palisades Power Plant has returned to service after a $58 million investment to upgrade and inspect plant equipment, plus a $63 million investment in new fuel, for another 18 months of safe, emissions-free energy generation. In another positive development for the western Michigan nuclear power plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission returned Palisades to the agency’s highest safety category.

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Entergy Corporation Issues Statement on Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
03/18/2013

In regards to the recent media coverage of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the industry topic of pressurized thermal shock, Entergy Corporation issued the following statement from Tony Vitale, Palisades' site vice president: "The Palisades nuclear plant is a safe and secure facility, and we have an NRC license to operate this facility through 2031.

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