Holtec Aims to Lead a US Nuclear Power Renaissance
In 2016 the utility company <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/ETR%20US%20Equity/MODL","_id":"0000018f-57aa-d4b6-a98f-f7bf39fc0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Entergy Corp.-bsp-bb-link> announced plans to close one of its nuclear power plants. Palisades, a facility in Michigan that supplied about 6% of the state’s energy, was no longer cost-effective, with natural gas and renewables becoming cheaper. When the plant finally shuttered in May 2022, it looked as if it would be the very last of a series of reactors going dark as America’s grid turned away from fission.